BREAKING: Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica
HAVANA — The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica on Tuesday.
It was centered 139 kilometers northwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 140 kilometers west-southwest of Niquero, Cuba. It hit at 2:10 p.m. and the epicenter was a relatively shallow 10 kilometers beneath the surface.The quake could be felt strongly in Santiago, the largest far-eastern Cuban city, said Belkis Guerrero, who works in a Catholic cultural center in the center of Santiago
“We were all sitting and we felt the chairs move,” she said. “We heard the noise of everything moving around.”"It felt very strong but it doesn't look like anything happened,'' she told The Associated Press.
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