Cuba earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 29 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 29 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba on Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 1:37 AM GMT-5 (06:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 39 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb), light
Local time: Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 1:37 AM GMT-5
UTC: 2016-01-17 06:37:27 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 19.800° N, 76.047° W
Region: Cuba
Felt reports: 6
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 27°
Stations used: 150

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004f4x (also filed as gcmt20160117063727). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.