M4.3 earthquake 36 km S of El Cobre, Cuba
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 36 km S of El Cobre, Cuba on Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 10:09 PM GMT-5 (03:09 UTC), 16 km (10 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-21 03:09:39 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.722° N, 76.011° W
- Region
- Cuba
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.333 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SSW of Guantánamo, Cuba · 3894 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 26
- 4.632 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
- 4.331 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3893 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.445 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3892 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.524 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.239 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.930 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 4.630 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.929 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004fz0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.