A 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the ocean 20 miles off Pilón, a town on the southern coast of the province of Granma in eastern Cuba, shook the region on Sunday minutes before noon, leaving no casualties but at least two children, among them a five-year-old, and two adults injured, Cuban state media said.

An impactful 6.8 earthquake struck Cuba on Sunday amid a grueling recovery from recent power failures and damaging hurricane activity, officials said. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake "occurred as the result of predominantly strike-slip faulting at shallow depth near within the Septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone."

Back-to-back earthquakes follow two hurricanes and two major blackouts in the last three weeks Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, just days after the island was struck by a hurricane that knocked out power nationwide.

Cuba faced another disaster, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, after experiencing multiple storms and blackouts this year. NBC News' Ellison Barber shares how the residents are coping with the latest tragedy.

It happened while you were sleeping. Here’s what global agencies reported overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. According to a report by the country's government on Tuesday, at least 2,200 buildings were destroyed in two strong earthquakes that struck Cuba on Sunday.