Around 300 aftershocks, 15 of them perceptible, were registered in the central-eastern region of Cuba, informed Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service of the National Center for Seismological Research (Cnais by its Spanish acronym).
President Miguel Díaz-Canel reported today that so far no loss of human lives has been reported as a consequence of the lashing of Cuba by the intense hurricane Rafael.
It represents a potential danger for the western region of Cuba, including the special municipality Isla de la Juventud.
Experts raised the likelihood of the formation of a tropical depression to 80 percent, noting that the weather event will later become a storm as it advances northward through the Caribbean Sea, having high odds to hit Cuba.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on Wednesday on the resolution that Cuba submitted against the blockade imposed by the United States.