A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from El Cobre in Cuba. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 07:18:07 / May 18, 2020 @ 7:18 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:18:07 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -76.3777° West, 19.7138° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us70009jhd. Event ids that are associated: us70009jhd.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yara, Bayamo, Bartolomé Masó. Close country/countries that might be effected, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SW of El Cobre, Cuba. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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