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2020 Jamaica Earthquake
28 January 2020 · Granma, Cayman Is · Cuba
On 28 January 2020 at 19:10 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Cuba (Granma, Cayman Is), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 27 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami. 1 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 28 January 2020
- Time
- 19:10 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Homes Destroyed
- 1
- Estimated Damage
- 90 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Cuba
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1992Pilon, Manzanillo · M 7.0
- 19071907 Kingston Earthquake · M 6.21,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth