Strong Quake Hits Near Havana

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near western Cuba on Monday, shaking buildings in Havana and beyond. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. The quake struck at a depth of six miles in waters just west of the capital, according to the US Geological Survey. Flavia Pupo, a manager at the Pinar del Rio hotel in Pinar del Rio, around 100 miles west of Havana, described how the building shook and caused some fear. "Everyone here is OK," she told the AP. "The people on the street are a little bit scared."

The earthquake was felt as far away as Florida. The National Weather Service in Miami said on X that it received several reports of shaking in the southwestern part of the state. No tsunami threat is expected, the NWS said. The Oriente fault zone is located just off Cuba's southeast coast and has unleashed damaging earthquakes in recent centuries, including a 7.7 magnitude quake in January 2020 in open waters that caused damage in Cuba and the Cayman Islands.