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TheProle

(4,216 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:39 PM Jun 8

Earthquake Cuba - Check in and be well Malaise and others in region

Strongest earthquake in nearly 150 years hits off Cuba, shakes Mexico, Florida

HAVANA/CANCUN, June 8 (Reuters) - A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba's northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and Florida that are typically not prone to quakes.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at a magnitude 6.1 at a shallow depth of 26 km (16 miles) and its epicenter 104 km west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba, about two to four hours by car from the capital Havana.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-AA258MFo

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Earthquake Cuba - Check in and be well Malaise and others in region (Original Post) TheProle Jun 8 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author wyn borkins Jun 8 #1

I'm in Sarasota buzzycrumbhunger Jun 8 #2

Yes re the Philippines malaise Jun 8 #4

Thanks - Central Florida felt thisone malaise Jun 8 #3

I posted this earlier today malaise Jun 8 #5

More here malaise Jun 8 #6

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buzzycrumbhunger

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2. I'm in Sarasota

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Mon Jun 8, 2026, 07:23 PM

Jun 8

… on the left coast of Florida. Son greeted me with this news this morning and we were totally unaware. (Caveat: We live near enough to the airport that we probably would have attributed it to an unusual change to flight patterns. We don’t normally notice the noise, and never any window-rattling, so I think if there were unusual tremblings, we would have noticed.) Apparently, people felt it in Orlando (way up center state from us) and South Florida.

Didn’t the Philippines just have a big quake, too?