Overview
- A magnitude 6.1 quake struck offshore western Cuba on Monday afternoon about 65 miles west-northwest of Mantua at a shallow depth, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.
- The tremor was widely felt across western Cuba, including Havana, and generated hundreds of reports from Florida cities from Miami to Tampa as well as shaking in parts of Mexico’s Yucatán, prompting precautionary building evacuations and temporary service suspensions.
- Federal agencies and the National Weather Service quickly ruled out a tsunami threat for U.S. coastlines and advised residents to follow standard earthquake safety guidance.
- Cuban authorities reported a collapse of the national power grid after the quake and emergency teams are carrying out local damage assessments amid limited communications in some areas.
- The USGS said aftershocks are very likely over the next week with about a 97% chance of magnitude 3 or higher events and roughly an 11% chance of one or more aftershocks above magnitude 5 that could be locally damaging.