Meteorite hits eastern Cuba and triggers the alarm of its inhabitants

An unusual explosion and a fireball furrowed eastern Cuba this Friday night, where it is presumed that a meteorite fell that was observed from the central end of the island. A local station in Camagüey reported that at 10:06 pm (local time) residents said they heard the detonation in the sky followed by a ball of white and red fire that followed at high speed to the eastern end. Radio Bayatabo indicated that the luminous phenomenon was reported in the towns of Moa, Holguín, Camagüey and Guantánamo. A team of journalists from Alma Mater magazine indicated on their Twitter account that a seismological station in Moa registered a shake after the fireball disappeared. Enrique Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service of Cuba, confirmed to a state site “that due to the nature of the phenomenon, a meteorite fell tentatively“.