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After hurricanes, two earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

After hurricanes, two earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

  • The island suffered a nation-wide blackout on October 18 when its biggest power plant failed and it was then hit by Hurricane Oscar two days later.
  • The US Geological Survey measured the second, more powerful tremor on Sunday at a magnitude of 6.8 and 14.6 miles (23.5 kilometers) deep, some 25 miles off the coast of Bartolome Maso, in southern Granma province
By AFP ·