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Cuba suffers magnitude 6 earthquake coinciding with widespread blackout
Cuba registered a magnitude 6 earthquake in the east of the country that coincided with a national blackout, worsening the energy crisis that left millions of people on the island without electricity, telephone, and internet.
TL;DR
- A magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in Cuba, felt in Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba provinces.
- The earthquake coincided with a national blackout affecting electricity, telephone, and internet services.
- The blackout impacted over nine million people due to a fault in the National Electric System (SEN).
- Cuba has experienced six national blackouts in the past year and a half.
- The island was already facing severe energy issues with daily blackouts of up to 15 hours in Havana and two days without power in the provinces.