Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes off Cuba, shaking Havana and western regions

A beardown earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck disconnected the seashore of occidental Cuba connected Monday, shaking buildings successful Havana and crossed the island's west, prompting residents to permission homes and offices, but causing nary contiguous reports of injuries, harm oregon tsunami threats, according to Cuban and US authorities.The quake struck successful waters disconnected Cuba's occidental extremity astatine a extent of astir 10 kilometres (six miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Its epicentre was located astir 104 kilometres west-northwest of Mantua. The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported the tremor astatine magnitude 6.0 and besides placed its extent astatine 10 kilometres.The tremor was wide felt crossed occidental Cuba, with AFP journalists successful Havana reporting astir 20 seconds of shaking that sent radical into the streets.

Cuban authorities said the earthquake was felt "throughout the full westbound of the country".Residents described moments of disorder and alarm arsenic the shaking began."At archetypal I conscionable felt dizzy -- it didn't hap to maine it was an earthquake, I'd ne'er experienced that before," Carmel Delgado, a 47-year-old economist, told AFP."But erstwhile we realized what it could be, we got retired quickly."Flavia Pupo, a manager astatine the Pinar del Río edifice successful Pinar del Río province, said the gathering shook and frightened immoderate people.

“Everyone present is OK,” she said by telephone. “The radical connected the thoroughfare are a small spot scared.”The earthquake was besides felt beyond Cuba. The US National Weather Service bureau successful Miami said it received respective reports of shaking successful south-western Florida pursuing the tremor.Despite the spot of the quake, authorities reported nary contiguous casualties oregon important damage. The US National Weather Service said nary tsunami informing oregon ticker had been issued.Cuba lies successful a seismically progressive region. The Oriente responsibility zone, located disconnected the country's south-eastern coast, has produced respective damaging earthquakes implicit the centuries. In January 2020, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck offshore betwixt Cuba and the Cayman Islands, causing harm successful some territories.