M5.0 earthquake 61 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 61 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba on Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 4:56 AM GMT-5 (09:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 51 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-06 09:56:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.753° N, 74.424° W
- Region
- Cuba
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 102°, dip 62°, rake 92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 277°, dip 28°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 147
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.162 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 200 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.851 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 189 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 15
- 4.758 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 189 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 4.554 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 187 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.353 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 187 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.359 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba · 171 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s2h2 (also filed as usauto7000s2h2). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.