FLORIDA — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred off the southeast coast of Cuba on Sunday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There is no tsunami threat.
This was reported after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake happened in the same location earlier that morning.
A seismograph located near Disney World property detected the quake, but it was not felt in the Central Florida area, according to Spectrum News 13 Meteorologist Zach Covey.
“Cuba and the Caribbean region has seen an uptick in earthquakes this year. This morning’s 5.9 earthquake was the strongest quake so far, prior to a 6.8 earthquake this afternoon — making that the strongest this year,” said Covey.
“That means Cuba experienced a foreshock, an earthquake that comes before the main one, with this morning’s 5.9 event. Foreshocks are hard to forecast, and still aren’t fully understood by scientists.
“While the earthquake was strong, it was not strong enough to be felt in Central Florida, and did not occur in such a way that it could trigger a tsunami in the Gulf or Atlantic.”
