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Strongest earthquake in 150 years hits off Cuba, felt in Mexico and Florida

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An earthquake with a magnitude between 6.1 and 6.4 struck the waters off western Cuba on Monday evening. The USGS recorded the event at 11:30 p.m. local time, about 118 km west‑northwest of Mantua in Pinar del Río province, at a depth of 33 km.

  1. US
    US National Weather Service
    1. We've received several recent reports of shaking across Southwestern Florida within the past 30 minutes. An earthquake has occurred just west of Cuba in the southern Gulf.
  2. US
    Paul Earle
    US Geological Service
    1. An earthquake this strong had not hit within 322 km (200 miles) of Monday's quake since 1880, when a 6.0 temblor hit near San Cristobal, Cuba.
  3. US
    William Barnhart
    US Geological Service
    1. It's one of only five or six earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater that we're aware of in the entire Gulf.
  4. CU
    Carmel Delgado
    1. But once we realized what it could be, we got out quickly.
    2. At first I just felt dizzy -- it didn't occur to me it was an earthquake, I'd never experienced that before.
  5. CU
    Yusmila Hernandez
    1. People ran outside, everyone scared. I can't even explain it. It felt like no earthquake has ever felt ‌here before.
    2. It felt strong. I had never felt anything ‌like that.
  6. CU
    Flavia Pupo
    1. The people on the street are a little bit scared.

sources

  1. 1.Hindustan Times
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.Arab News
  4. 4.CNBC
  5. 5.The New York Times
  6. 6.CGTN
  7. 7.Golf News
  8. 8.The Straits Times
  9. 9.Agence France-Presse
  10. 10.Associated Press
  11. 11.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Earthquakes
  3. 3.Power outage
  4. 4.Cuba under Miguel Díaz-Canel

countries

  1. 1.CubaCU
  2. 2.MexicoMX
  3. 3.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  4. 4.PhilippinesPH
  5. 5.United StatesUS
  6. 6.ItalyIT
  7. 7.KuwaitKW
  8. 8.Cayman IslandsKY

organizations

  1. 1.US Geological Service
  2. 2.US National Weather Service
  3. 3.German Research Center for Geosciences
  4. 4.China Earthquake Networks Center
  5. 5.LandScan
  6. 6.Metrorail
  7. 7.Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  8. 8.University of South Florida
  9. 9.VolcanoDiscovery

persons

  1. 1.Paul EarleUS
  2. 2.Carmel DelgadoCU
  3. 3.Bea Malsky
  4. 4.Flavia PupoCU
  5. 5.Jochen Braunmiller
  6. 6.Joey K Lee
  7. 7.John Keefe
  8. 8.Judson Jones
  9. 9.Madison Dong
  10. 10.William BarnhartUS
  11. 11.William B Davis
  12. 12.Yusmila HernandezCU

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
  2. 2.Gulf of Mexico
  3. 3.Gulf of Oman
Strongest earthquake in 150 years hits off Cuba, felt in Mexico and Florida