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2020-01-28 Mw 7.7 CUBA REGION

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Magnitude	Mw 7.7
Region	CUBA REGION
Date time	2020-01-28 19:10:25.1 UTC
Location	19.37 N ; 78.85 W
Depth	10 km
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Witness location : Elgin Town (Jamaica) (125 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt tremors

Witness location : Lucea (Jamaica) (125 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Strong. Hope for no tsunami

Witness location : Negril (Jamaica) (132 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Felt as if the cliff tumbled. Low frequncy, 1Hz

Witness location : Negril (Jamaica) (132 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Swimming pool water shaken out of pool, buildings shaking, pipes broken, people evacuated outside.

Witness location : Falmouth (Jamaica) (159 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Have experienced several earthquakes inc Alaska 1964, San Francisco 1987.   Was surprised to feel this one.  It lasted long enough to verify as an earthquake rather than truck or wind or cat jumping on bed.

Witness location : Saint Ann's Bay (Jamaica) (202 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

I was the first to feel the shaking in my office and I then raised an alarm for everyone to take cover.

Witness location : (Jamaica) (204 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Small tremor lasting about 15 seconds

Witness location : (Cuba) (227 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 369 min

Se sintió muy largo

Witness location : North Side (Cayman Islands) (253 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Whole house was shaking

Witness location : Bodden Town (Cayman Islands) (254 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1186 min

Scariest earthquake I ever felt

Witness location : Kingston (Jamaica) (265 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Long vibrations, furniture, lamps and mirrors shaking

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (265 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 170 min

Small 2 second tremor felt in GrandCayman miw

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (265 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Lasted about 3 minutes very strong tremor . Water gushing out of swimming pool and cistern. Grand Cayman

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

It went on for a very long time

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

House shaking

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Cayman Islands

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Cayman Islands

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt it quite strong in GT Cayman

Witness location : George Town (Cayman Islands) (266 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 548 min

Awful experience. I was in my bedroom with my child. The door was swinging, the blind was banging against the window and the whole building shook for around 30 seconds.

Witness location : Kingston (Jamaica) (267 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Significant. Roper’s from across KINGSTON. Lasted 15 seconds

Witness location : Kingston (Jamaica) (267 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 239 min

Very light shake

Witness location : Kingston (Jamaica) (270 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

It lasted about 30 or 40 sec

Witness location : Ciego de Ávila (Cuba) (274 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 148 min

Quedé muy asustado

Witness location : Havana (Cuba) (554 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 215 min

Strong

Witness location : Havana (Cuba) (556 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

Estaba concentrado trabajando en la PC cuando senti un pequeño zumbido intermitente en los oidos junto con una sensación de mareo durante unos segundos.Supe que era un sismo cuando otro compañero de trabajo dijo haber sentido igual

Witness location : Islamorada (United States of America) (645 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 126 min

I didn't feel anything here in islamorada but miami did evacuate people in high buildings in downtown miami. Wierd.

Witness location : Miami (United States of America) (732 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 479 min

Downtown Miami

Witness location : Fort Lauderdale (United States of America) (756 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

hanging lamps swayed and Chandelier glass rattled together. Loud enough to observe swaying glass.

Witness location : Benito Juárez (Mexico) (856 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

CANCUN 5TO 8 MINUTES AGO - SHORT HORIZONTAL SHAKY

Witness location : Fort Myers (United States of America) (862 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 119 min

Working on the 9th floor of a high rise I usually feel tremors radiating up from Cuba. This one lasted about 5 minutes. At ground level most people won’t feel it.

Witness location : Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (943 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2068 min

Un fuerte mareo, que duró por un buen rato.

Witness location : Othón P Blanco (Mexico) (1000 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

As I was laying on my bed I started to see how all the plants started to move and the bed moved it just felt really strange because the whole hotel was moving just a little bit and I could see the water in the glass moving. But normally this is not something that happens here

Witness location : Palm Harbor (United States of America) (1044 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 163 min

Just felt a strange sensation while on my bed

Witness location : San Carlos (Panama) (1213 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

On the 21st floor felt building move in gently waves for 30 seconds. Dining room light and open door swayed several inches for this period.

Witness location : Caimital Alto (Puerto Rico) (1239 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Se sintio algo bien leve

Witness location : Playa (Puerto Rico) (1299 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Movimiento leve

Witness location : Puebla (Mexico) (2041 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 100 min

Casi nula percepcion