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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba

Damaging 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Cuba amid recovery from power failures, hurricanes

An impactful 6.8 earthquake struck Cuba on Sunday amid a grueling recovery from recent power failures and damaging hurricane activity, officials said. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake "occurred as the result of predominantly strike-slip faulting at shallow depth near within the Septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone."

WESH Orlando on MSN · 16m

Cuba rocked by magnitude 6.8 earthquake; Floridians report feeling shakes

After back-to-back hits from hurricanes and weeks of blackouts stemming from a power grid system issue, eastern Cuba was shaken by an earthquake on Sunday afternoon.

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6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of eastern Cuba

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Cuba on Sunday, causing material damage in several regions as the island continues to recover from widespread blackouts and the impact of two hurricanes over the past few weeks.

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Residents describe moment 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Cuba

Residents in Cuba described the moment a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area. The quake comes after weeks of hurricanes ...

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‘Roughly a dozen' Miami residents report feeling impacts of 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near Cuba

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that ...

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Shaky social media video doesn’t show 8.0 magnitude Oregon earthquake

A social media video claims to show footage taken as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Oregon’s coast — but on closer inspection, no one in the video seems to be affected by the temblor except the ...

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Earthquake near Cuba sparks worry in South Florida

The earthquake shook eastern Cuba Sunday after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling. The epicenter of the quake was located about 25 miles south of Bartolome ...