Cuba is located in an area with several active fault systems which produce on average about 2000 seismic events each year. While most registered seismic events pass unnoticed, the island has been struck by a number of destructive earthquakes over the past four centuries, including several major quakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or above. =7.6), 1852 (=7.2) and 1932 (=6.75). Some studies suggest there is a high probability the Oriente fault will produce a magnitude 7 earthquake in the near future.(This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.)