M 5.9 in Cuba on 10 Nov 2024 15:50 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1452894
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000207-CUB
Depth: 14.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.8523 , -76.8901
Event Date: 10 Nov 2024 15:50 UTC
10 Nov 2024 10:50 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Nov 2024 16:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.1 (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nr0n Scaled population (raster) 0.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.76  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

National New tropical depression forms; NHC addresses potential Florid.. 11/14/2024 12:35:00 PM.

Tropical Depression 19 formed in the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, packing top sustained winds of 35 mph. The slow-moving storm has been drifting toward Central America and is expected to strike the region this weekend. A tropical storm war
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National News New tropical depression forms; NHC addresses potential F.. 11/14/2024 12:29:00 PM.

Tropical Depression 19 formed in the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, packing top sustained winds of 35 mph. The slow-moving storm has been drifting toward Central America and is expected to strike the region this weekend. A tropical storm war
...(more)
National News New tropical depression forms; NHC addresses potential F.. 11/14/2024 12:24:00 PM.

Tropical Depression 19 formed in the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, packing top sustained winds of 35 mph. The slow-moving storm has been drifting toward Central America and is expected to strike the region this weekend. A tropical storm war
...(more)
National News New tropical depression forms; NHC addresses potential F.. 11/14/2024 12:24:00 PM.

Tropical Depression 19 formed in the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, packing top sustained winds of 35 mph. The slow-moving storm has been drifting toward Central America and is expected to strike the region this weekend. A tropical storm war
...(more)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),