Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Northwest Cuba - Shaking Felt in Florida, Mexico - Buildings Shake in Miami (VIDEO) * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northwest Cuba on Monday afternoon at 2 pm ET.
This is the strongest earthquake in the region in 150 years.
Shaking was felt 450 miles away in Orlando, Florida, and Mexico.
There were no tsunami warnings.
🫨 DID YOU FEEL IT?: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the northwest coast of Cuba with reports of shaking felt as far north as Orlando, Florida. Stay with FOX Weather for the latest: pic.twitter.com/BtjKjPxmDv
— FOX Weather (@foxweather) June 8, 2026
Buildings shook in Miami.
Shocked residents reported that lamps were shaking and windows were rattling.
WATCH:
WOW! Earthquake shaking very evident in south Florida today.
📸: Julia Dunai@NWSMiami pic.twitter.com/9by5MfCyaa
— Noah Bergren (@NbergWX) June 8, 2026
AP reported:
Ad block users: Some site features may not work correctly while an ad blocker is enabled, because they break scripts and content this website depends on. If you can't see comments below, for example, please disable your ad blocker.A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba’s northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and Florida that are typically not prone to quakes.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at a magnitude 6.1 at a shallow depth of 26 km (16 miles) and its epicenter 104 km west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba, about two to four hours by car from the capital Havana.
Monday’s earthquake was unusual for this area of the Caribbean, said Paul Earle, a seismologist at the USGS, noting that the quake occurred within a tectonic plate, where earthquakes are usually more scattered and less frequent than when they occur along plate boundaries.