National Seismological Service chief says warning lacks evidence
Enrique Diego Arango Arias says an alert about possible seismic activity south of Cuba has no supporting evidence.
A warning circulating on social media claims an imminent earthquake risk in Cuba, but the National Seismological Service says no evidence supports it. The message refers to possible significant seismic activity south of the country. Available information confirms neither an earthquake nor that one will occur.
Service director Enrique Diego Arango Arias said the warning lacks a basis. His assessment concerns the circulated content and absence of evidence for the claimed probability. The excerpts provide no date, magnitude or identifiable scientific prediction.
Arango Arias also said the message warning of major activity south of Cuba did not come from any seismological institution. That describes the alert but does not make it an official forecast. No measurements or analyses validating it are cited.
A circulating alert and an earthquake are different facts. The information concerns a social-media message, not a confirmed seismic event. The reference to southern Cuba belongs to the message rather than to an official prediction.
The evidence therefore supports describing a warning and the service chief's response, but not an earthquake or imminent risk. It also does not establish who created the message or when it first appeared. Arango Arias's conclusion is central: the shared alert lacks evidence.