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Strong earthquake: M6.8 quake has struck near Bartolomé Masó in Cuba


Earthquake location 19.8068S, -76.9551WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Bartolomé Masó in Cuba on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24315001, at00smqurd, us7000nr0v. Id of event: us7000nr0v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 16:49:51 / November 10, 2024 @ 4:49 pm. Exact location, longitude -76.9551° West, latitude 19.8068° North, depth = 23.486 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.486 km (15 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:49:51 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bartolomé Masó in Cuba (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Cuba (c. 11 423 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amancio, Las Tunas, Jobabo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) from Santiago de Cuba (c. 555 900 pop), 128 km (80 miles) from Las Tunas (c. 203 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayamo (c. 192 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 128 200 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Palma Soriano (c. 102 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Contramaestre (c. 70 400 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from San Luis (c. 67 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bartolomé Masó (c. 53 000 pop), 127 km (79 miles) from Jobabo (c. 49 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 39 km S of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.9551° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.486 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 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 16:49:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 17:05:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level 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 1 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 723 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.535 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us7000nr0v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr0v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24315001,at00smqurd,us7000nr0v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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