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Cuba struck by 6.8 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast

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A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Cuba on Sunday, specifically in Granma province near the municipality of Bartolome Maso. The quake was reported to have caused some damage in the area of Pilon, close to the epicenter. According to the authorities, the shaking led to partial collapses of homes and government buildings, as well as cracked walls and damaged staircases. People in the affected provinces reported it to be one of the most powerful earthquakes they have ever felt. No deaths or injuries have been reported so far.

  1. CU
    Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
    Communist Party of Cuba
    1. The first and most essential thing is to save lives.
  2. CU
    Enrique Diego Arango Arias
    National Seismological Service of Cuba
    1. I can't answer messages or phone calls. I haven't been able to post. The situation is quite complicated.
  3. CU
    Yolanda Tabio
    1. You had to see how everything was moving, the walls, everything.
  4. CU
    Griselda Fernandez
    1. Strong as ever. In other occasions, we've felt the earthquake but not as strong as now.
    2. We've felt earthquakes in the past, but nothing like this.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Associated Press
  6. 6.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Earthquakes
  3. 3.Power outage
  4. 4.Cuba under Miguel Díaz-Canel

countries

  1. 1.CubaCU
  2. 2.JamaicaJM

organizations

  1. 1.US Geological ServiceUS
  2. 2.US Tsunami Warning Center
  3. 3.Communist Party
  4. 4.US Navy

persons

  1. 1.Miguel Díaz-Canel BermúdezCU
  2. 2.Carol Rosenberg
  3. 3.Griselda FernandezCU
  4. 4.Bea Malsky
  5. 5.Elisa Raffa
  6. 6.Enrique Diego Arango AriasCU
  7. 7.Fidel Castro
  8. 8.Frances Robles
  9. 9.John Keefe
  10. 10.Judson Jones
  11. 11.Madison Dong
  12. 12.Patrick Oppmann

technicals

  1. 1.Bartolome Maso
  2. 2.Hurricane Oscar
  3. 3.Hurricane Rafael
  4. 4.Caribbean Sea
  5. 5.Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba struck by 6.8 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast