Tag: Earthquakes

U.N. Raises $78 Million Aid for Cuba 

On November 22, the U.N. announced that it had raised $78 million in aid for Cuba for damages caused by its recent two hurricanes, two earthquakes and the new collapse of its national electrical system. This relief is designed to support nearly 930,000 people adversely affected by these events.

The damage from these events included more than 46,000 homes. more than 37,000 hectares of agricultural production and a group of facilities in that sector, as well as severe damage to electricity, water and communications services.

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UN raises aid to $78 million for recent disasters in Cuba, Diario de Cuba (Nov. 23, 2024).

 

Strong Earthquakes Hit Southeastern Cuba   

On November 10, “The United States Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in southeastern Cuba (21 miles off the municipality of Granma), at about 11 am. Shortly before noon, a larger, magnitude 6.8 tremor struck near the site of the first one.” These quakes damaged houses, buildings and power lines as well as causing landslides.

“Cuba’s National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) confirmed that a premonitory earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale, a main earthquake of 6.7 on the Richter scale, and more than 300 aftershocks had been reported, 15 of which were perceptible and with magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to 5.9 degrees in intensity.”

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Blanes, Strong earthquakes shake southeast Cuba on the heels of hurricane, island blackouts. Miami Herald (Nov. 10, 2024); Fernandez, “The building was shaking, the children were screaming tnat I didn’t know what to do’: earthquakes in Santiago de Cuba, Diario de Cuba (Nov. 11, 2024); Earthquakes in the East marked a “pattern in Cuban seismological history,” Granma (Nov. 11, 2024).