Two consecutive earthquakes shook Cuba

Two earthquakes rocked southern Cuba on November 10 (local time), as the island recovered from storms, floods and nationwide power outages.

People in Santiago de Cuba run from their homes as an earthquake hits on November 10.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) on November 10 recorded a second earthquake in Cuba with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale at a depth of 23.5 km and about 40 km off the coast of Bartolome Maso, south of Granma province.

This earthquake occurred just one hour after the first earthquake that occurred on the same day and had a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, also measured by the USGS.

Initial reports showed that the twin earthquakes damaged houses but there were no reports of casualties, according to AFP on November 11.

Many local people fled their homes due to the impact of the earthquake.

After the first earthquake, AFP quoted Mr. Andres Perez (65 years old) in the center of Santiago de Cuba city, sharing that residents here quickly ran into the street because the ground shook very strongly.

Dalia Rodriguez in the southern Cuban town of Bayama said the walls of her house were damaged by the shaking.

The twin earthquakes are the latest catastrophic event to hit Cuba following two hurricanes and two widespread power outages in the past three weeks.

Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on October 18 after its largest power plant failed. Two days later, Hurricane Oscar hit the island.

No tsunami risk

The Granma daily said there were no reports of casualties in the two earthquakes on November 10, but the seismic effects were felt across central and eastern Cuba.

"There are houses with cracked walls, while others have collapsed walls and roofs," said Karen Rodriguez in Caney de las Mercedes, a small town in Bartolome Maso.

Other residents in Bayamo, a city of about 140,000 people, described street power poles swaying in the earthquake.

The US tsunami warning system said it detected no tsunami risk following two earthquakes in Cuba.

After Hurricane Oscar, Hurricane Rafael made landfall on November 6 and caused a two-day power outage in Cuba.

According to the Havana government, about 85% of the capital's residents had electricity restored on November 10, while the two most affected provinces in the west, Artemisa and Pinar del Rio, were still without electricity.

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