M4.5 earthquake 24 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 24 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba on Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 1:16 AM GMT-5 (06:16 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-18 06:16:39 UTC
- Depth
- 15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.837° N, 76.015° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 129
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.336 km S of El Cobre, Cuba · 3897 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
- 4.333 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SSW of Guantánamo, Cuba · 3894 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 26
- 4.632 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
- 4.331 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.445 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3892 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.555 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.239 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.930 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 4.630 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.929 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004fav. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.