Cuba earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 30 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 30 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba on Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 1:48 AM GMT-5 (06:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 30 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-17 06:48:09 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.784° N, 76.022° W
Region
Cuba
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
30°
Stations used
100

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.930 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  2. 5.239 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.555 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.524 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3900 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 4.336 km S of El Cobre, Cuba · 3897 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
  6. 4.333 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.248 km SSW of Guantánamo, Cuba · 3894 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 26
  8. 4.632 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.331 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3892 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.445 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3892 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 4.929 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004f52. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC.