Sismicidad de interior de placa en Cuba

Abstract

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.