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2020-01-28, M7.7, Cuba

At 19:10:25 GMT on January 28th 2020 a magnitude M7.7 earthquake struck near Cuba, about 100km from its southern coast and 125km northwest from Jamaica, see the map below for the event location. The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth of about 10km. It was was widely felt throughout the region, including parts of Honduras and southern Florida. A tsunami warning was initially issued but lifted about 90 minutes later. There a no reports of any building damage.

The earthquake was recorded at seismic stations worldwide, including stations of the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN), see seismic waveforms below (select figure to enlarge).

Further information is available at the following sources:

https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=824193

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us60007idc/executive

Past Seismograms
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Live Seismograms
All stations here
Filtered versions here
DSB - Dublin
VAL - Kerry

Past Spectrograms
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Live Spectrograms
All stations here
ITIP - N. Tipperary
IMAY - Mayo