M4.3 earthquake 31 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 31 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba on Mon, Jan 25, 2016, 5:37 PM GMT-5 (22:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 45 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 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-25 22:37:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.784° N, 76.056° W
- Region
- Cuba
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 6°, dip 32°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 161°, dip 61°, rake 77°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.632 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3894 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 4.248 km SSW of Guantánamo, Cuba · 3895 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 26
- 4.333 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 4.336 km S of El Cobre, Cuba · 3898 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
- 4.524 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3901 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.239 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.930 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 4.630 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.929 km SSW of El Cobre, Cuba · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004uil. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.