Overall Green Earthquake alert in Cuba on 23 Dec 2024 06:00 UTC

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M 5.9 in Cuba on 23 Dec 2024 06:00 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 1458977
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	22.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.9162 , -76.5153
Event Date:	23 Dec 2024 06:00 UTC 23 Dec 2024 01:00 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	23 Dec 2024 06:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.1 (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
us7000p0uj	Scaled population (raster)	1.85
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.76

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Jamaica rattled by earthquake that hit Cuba 12/23/2024 2:47:00 PM.

A strong earthquake that hit off the coast of Cuba was felt across sections of Jamaica early Monday morning. The quake had a magnitude of 6.1 and occurred at 1:00 a.m. Jamaica time, according to the Earthquake Unit. The unit says the epicen

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6,1 magnitude earthquake felt in eastern Cuba 12/23/2024 2:27:00 PM.

An earthquake of magnitude 6,1 occurred early today throughout the eastern half of Cuba. There is no danger of tsunamis with earthquakes occurring on the Oriente fault south of the nation. According to the Cuban Seismological Service, the e

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6,1 magnitude earthquake felt in eastern Cuba 12/23/2024 2:01:00 PM.

According to the Cuban Seismological Service, the earthquake occurred at 1:00 a.m. local time, about 35 kilometers southwest of Chivirico town in Santiago de Cuba province. “This phenomenon was felt throughout the eastern half of the countr

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GFZ: 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Cuba region 12/23/2024 1:49:00 PM.

) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Cuba region at 0600 GMT on Monday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The earthquake caused significant tremors, but there have been no immediate reports of damage or casua

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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),

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