Cuba hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

Local authorities said that as of early Monday morning no serious damage had occurred and there were no deaths or injuries.

The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said.

The Cuban National Seismological service reported the quake as a 6.1 magnitude event just off the coast of eastern Santiago de Cuba, with more than 100 aftershocks as dawn broke.

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