Bartolomé Masó (Spanish pronunciation: [baɾtoloˈme maˈso]) is a municipality and town in the Granma Province of Cuba.

It is the home of the Comandancia General de La Plata, headquarters of the Cuban revolutionaries around Fidel Castro and today a museum, located in the Sierra Maestra mountains.

The location of the earthquake was measured to be just about 40 miles away SSW of Bartolomé Masó according to https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards.

The earthquake’s strength was felt along the coast of Cuba causing flooding, and major destruction.

According to The New York Times, The quakes damaged homes and powerlines and caused landslides in the coastal provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Granma, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said on X.