Earthquake Shakes Guantanamo Bay,No Damage to U.S. Base

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-The U.S. military said Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay was rocked by a moderate earthquake a day earlier. The magnitude-4.4 tremor occurred at 9:09 a.m. EST and was centered about 35 miles southeast of the base in the southeast corner of Cuba, the Navy said.Base spokesman Bruce Lloyd said the two-story headquarters building, Bulkeley Hall, shook for several seconds when the earthquake struck."We thought a truck had hit the building, a good size truck," Lloyd told The AP.There was no significant damage to any buildings on the base, according to Cmdr. Sylvester Moore, the executive officer of the Navy base.Earthquakes are not unusual in the Caribbean, though this was the first felt at Guantanamo this year, the Navy said.

4.4 Mb - CUBA REGION
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
4.4 Mb
Date-Time
11 Feb 2008 14:09:04 UTC
11 Feb 2008 09:09:04 near epicenter
11 Feb 2008 08:09:04 standard time in your timezone
Location
19.726N 75.514W
Depth
19 km
Distances
45 km (28 miles) SE (135 degrees) of Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
51 km (32 miles) SSE (164 degrees) of Songo-La Maya, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
56 km (35 miles) SSW (213 degrees) of Guantánamo, Guantánamo, Cuba
238 km (148 miles) NE (34 degrees) of KINGSTON, Jamaica
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 10.4 km; Vertical 39.3 km
Parameters
Nph = 18; Dmin = 47.7 km; Rmss = 0.78 seconds; Gp = 90°M-type = Mb; Version = 6
Event ID
US 2008nhan

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