M 6.8 in Cuba on 10 Nov 2024 16:49 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 1452901
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000207-CUB
Depth: 14 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.8116 , -77.0391
Event Date: 10 Nov 2024 16:49 UTC
10 Nov 2024 11:49 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Nov 2024 17:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.1 (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.3 0.9
us7000nr0v Scaled population (vector) 2.41 Max wave alert 0.31m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.31m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.76      
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Cuba - Earthquakes (ECHO 16 Nov 2024)Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:41

  • Two main earthquakes, magnitudes 5.9 M and 6.8 M respectively, at a depth of 14 km occurred on 10 November at 15:50 UTC (10:50 local time) and at 16:49 UTC (11:49 local time) over the sea with a distance of 8 km from the south-eastern coast of Cuba. The epicentre was located approximately 30 km south-east of Pilon municipality and  40 km south of Bartolomé Masó, Granma province.
  • At least three aftershocks between 4 M and 4.6 M hit the same area. For the 6.8 M earthquake, USGS PAGER estimates that up to 32,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and more than 599,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, as of 11 November, the earthquake was felt in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Granma, Holguín and Ciego de Ávila, in south-eastern Cuba. Several buildings have been damaged in Granma Province, particularly in Pilon municipality, and landslides have been recorded in the affected areas.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),