A map shows the epicenter of the Cuban earthquake. | National Weather Service Miami, Facebook
Published on June 8, 2026 at 5:18 pm
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near western Cuba on Monday, shaking buildings in Havana and rattling people across the Sunshine State, from Miami to Jacksonville.
No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
The quake struck at a depth of six miles in waters just west of the Cuban capital, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Flavia Pupo, a manager at the Pinar del Río hotel, in Pinar del Rio, described how the building shook and caused some fear.
“Everyone here is OK,” she said by telephone. “The people on the street are a little bit scared.”
People in Northeast Florida felt their homes and windows rattle and vibrations beneath their feet, according to News4Jax, a Jacksonville Today news partner.
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News4Jax commenters reported shockwaves near Tinseltown, Baymeadows, Downtown and beyond.
“I’m Downtown, and some employees on our higher floors felt it as well. They described it as minor, but it gave them a brief sense of vertigo. I didn’t feel it personally,” one person said.
“Felt it on the fourth floor in Jax. A jolt, the whole building shook for a second,” another commented.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Communications Center said it received several calls from residents reporting the shaking.
“The good news is there are no reports of damage associated with this earthquake, and there is no tsunami threat,” JaxReady wrote on Facebook. “Not something we experience every day in Jacksonville, but definitely enough to get people’s attention.”
The National Weather Service in Miami said in a tweet that it received several reports of shaking in the southwestern part of the state.
Multiple buildings in Miami were apparently evacuated due to shaking, including Miami-Dade’s Stephen P. Clark Government Center and the Dadeland Metrorail Station, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
Other reports came in near Disney World, West Palm Beach and Melbourne.
The Oriente fault zone is located just off Cuba’s southeast coast and has unleashed damaging earthquakes in recent centuries, including a 7.7 magnitude quake on January 2020 in open waters that caused damage in Cuba and the Cayman Islands.
There was no tsunami warning from Monday’s quake, the National Weather Service said.
The quake was the largest off Florida since a 4.0 magnitude quake struck off the Atlantic coast in February 2024.
If you want to report your experience, go to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tellus.
