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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Bartolomé Masó in Cuba


Earthquake location 19.8523S, -76.8901WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Bartolomé Masó in Cuba. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nr0n. Id of event: us7000nr0n. Exact location, longitude -76.8901° West, latitude 19.8523° North, depth = 14.219 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.219 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 15:50:02 / November 10, 2024 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:50:02 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Urbano Noris, San Luis, Cacocum (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 113 km (70 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Urbano Noris (c. 43 900 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km S of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.8901° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8523° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.219 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km S of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-10 15:50:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 16:09:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.716 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 537 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.464 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nr0n Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr0n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nr0n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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