{"id":300653,"date":"2026-06-08T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300653\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:39:09","slug":"cape-coral-couple-feels-tremors-from-cuba-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/300653\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral couple feels tremors from Cuba earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Coral couple feels tremors from Cuba earthquake<\/p>\n

\"Jaylen<\/a>CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Keith and Tracy Vautherot, residents of Cape Coral, felt tremors from a 6.1-magnitude earthquake near Cuba around 2 p.m. Monday, with Keith estimating the shaking lasted 6 to 10 seconds while Tracy believed it was longer. <\/p>\n

Keith described the moment, saying, \u201cMy wife is on the couch next to me, and all of a sudden, my chair started doing this number. And I’ve not experienced that before. And I look over at my wife, Tracy, and she goes, ‘We’re having an earthquake.’ So right away I looked on my phone, and we couldn’t see anything of anything going on anywhere. Then all of a sudden I saw Cuba had a 6.1.\u201d <\/p>\n

The couple, familiar with hurricane preparedness, admitted they were uncertain about what to expect from an earthquake. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing that ran into my mind, however, was, you know, 6.1. I don’t know if that would form a tsunami for the Gulf Coast or not, but since nobody knew about it and it was minor, we weren’t overly perturbed or upset about it,\u201d Keith said. <\/p>\n

While Keith believed the shaking lasted only seconds, Tracy felt it was longer, reflecting her prior experience with earthquakes.<\/p>\n

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