{"id":213191,"date":"2026-06-09T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-off-cuba-felt-in-southern-florida-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:13:46","slug":"6-1-magnitude-earthquake-off-cuba-felt-in-southern-florida-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-off-cuba-felt-in-southern-florida-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"6.1-magnitude earthquake off Cuba felt in southern Florida &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck just west of Cuba in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, causing shaking across southwestern Florida. <br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>The quake hit 64.9 miles west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba, <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000srjx\/executive\" target=\"_blank\">according to the U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>. There is no danger of a tsunami, the National Tsunami Warning Center <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_NTWC\/status\/2064047984510206232\" target=\"_blank\">said on X.<\/a><br \/>The effects of the earthquake were felt across parts of Florida, which the USGS said is uncommon. Videos on social media showed items in people\u2019s homes gently swaying. <br \/>\u201cYou can barely see it, but I felt it,\u201d a person in Palm Beach captioned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@domis.dreams\/video\/7649091760035089678?q=%22earthquake%22%20AND%20%22florida%22&#038;t=1780943950874\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok video<\/a> showing a plant rocking back and forth. <br \/>Another person in Hollywood, Florida, said they were sitting on the couch and felt movement. The person shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LiveCamChaser\/status\/2064048217914769885?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">video on X<\/a> showing a water cooler shaking. <br \/>A person in Tampa shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/selenozcan\/status\/2064051324509913564?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">video on X<\/a> of a houseplant shaking from the tremor. <br \/>The Miami Beach Fire Department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiBeachFire\/status\/2064058993484480831\" target=\"_blank\">said there is no cause for alarm<\/a>. <br \/>The tremors were also felt in Mexico, according to a man who said everything was shaking in Playa del Carmen.  <br \/>\u201cLots of shaking for a good minute,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EvanAldo\/status\/2064048429592965457?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cWorse than the 2 earthquakes I\u2019ve experienced in LA. Pretty scary before it ended.\u201d<br \/>Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOcUhtV0RXOS1wNW1fWDVsNmRHNjJ6X2ZLRnR5ZW9QY0VNNE9IUllGaW1yMldEdGkwRGlZMl9fdVp0bFlLM1ZvTndSY2FTUUt3ODZoT3ZjaW80RU5TaS1CcWFTVm40ZVYtZzRLMGs5aVFqNXpUUEJpczlWZjNYckpoN2RHQmVWRGV5WEdReVBlbG1MN196MHVxX1VaaTNWNWdjOVJKbGxNSQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck just west of Cuba in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, causing shaking across southwestern Florida. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The quake hit 64.9 miles west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba, according to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-213191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}