[Steven Scharf]

I had difficulty finding a US source for this information. Not sure this is even US based. Even MSN.com was citing some sketcy TAG website.

Question is the a differnce betwen a strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake and a weak magnitude 5.8 earthquake

[al baby]

A strong 5.8 is hugh and series

[Ann Archy]

We are just the carriers sea now.

[Ezekiel]

M 5.8 - 49 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba
2026-03-17 04:28:25 (UTC)19.840°N 74.359°W11.6 km depth

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sgrt/executive

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As of March 17, 2026, Cuba is experiencing a severe energy crisis, with millions of people still without power following a nationwide grid collapse. While officials have reconnected parts of the grid from Pinar del Rio to Holguin, generation remains extremely low, and areas like Santiago de Cuba remain largely offline.

[BenLurkin]

The only possible difference would be on how shallow the quake might be.

[Mr. K]

Is this Trumps fault?

[oil_dude]

there is a major tectonic plate boundary just south of Cuba, runs east-west, that is the cause

[TangoLimaSierra]

Not too far from GITMO.

[bigbob]

Omen,

[AZJeep]

I have survived couple of those in CA.
Kind of scarry, it wakes you up in the night!
But there was hardly any damage in CA.
However, with the shady buildings in Cuba, which are falling down even without earthquakes, this could be serious!

[Libloather]

So all of the lights went out BEFORE the earthquake? Aren’t they supposed to go off AFTER the... Oh, nevermind.