Sismicidad de interior de placa en Cuba
ISSN: 2663-4015, 0252-9769
Any de publicació: 2014
Número: 64
Pàgines: 93-125
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Revista geofísica
Resum
The greatest territorial area of Cuba is related with the intraplate seismicity of the North American plate. This territory is defined in the West Neotectonic Unit with ~900 perceptible earthquakes (1492-2013). The maximum magnitude value esti- mated is 6.2, earthquakes of 1880 and 1914. The strongest earthquakes show a recurrence period upper 100 years. These events have some casualties and injured, but much less than of the Southeastern Cuban region (~100). Seismic activity is justified by the dynamic influence of the Caribbean-North American plate boundary on the fault zones and their intersections.