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2020 Jamaica earthquake

2020 CE · North America · Disaster

2020 Jamaica earthquake
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At 02:10 PM local time (UTC-5) on 28 January 2020, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7. 7 Mw struck the north side of the Cayman Trough, north of Jamaica and west of the southern tip of Cuba, with the epicenter being 80 miles (130 km) east-southeast of Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, and 83 miles (134 km) north of Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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