A magnitude 6.1 earthquake near western Cuba was felt around Walt Disney World and Central Florida on Monday afternoon, June 8.
The quake struck at 2:00 p.m. EDT, about 104 kilometers west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba, at a depth of 10 kilometers. The reviewed event carried a green alert, and no tsunami warning was attached to it.
Public felt reports reached the Orlando resort area within the first half hour after the quake. USGS ZIP-level data included reports from 32830 near Walt Disney World, 34747 in Kissimmee, 32821 in Orlando, 34787 in Winter Garden, 34714 in Clermont, and 33837 in Davenport.
Florida Felt Reports
USGS had 1,946 public responses tied to the earthquake by 2:29 p.m. EDT. Florida accounted for 233 of those responses in the ZIP-level file, with reports running up the Gulf Coast and into Central Florida.
The strongest Orlando-area Community Decimal Intensity values in the first USGS file were 2.9 in Clermont and Davenport, 2.7 in the Walt Disney World ZIP code, and 2.7 in parts of Kissimmee and Orlando. Those values sit in the light-shaking range.
The four Walt Disney World theme parks and both water parks remained scheduled for normal June 8 operating hours after the quake. Disney had not posted a broad operational notice on its public homepage.
Ride Downtime After the Quake
Update: CrowdLevels live data at 2:55 p.m. EDT showed eight rides marked DOWN after the 2:00 p.m. quake, with the heaviest cluster at Magic Kingdom. The same pull also showed Remy's Ratatouille Adventure down at EPCOT, but that one was already down before the quake.
The ride list from the 2:55 p.m. EDT CrowdLevels pull:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom
- Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom
- TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom
- The Barnstormer at Magic Kingdom
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom
- Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid at Magic Kingdom
- Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT
- Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges at Islands of Adventure
Disney and Universal had not listed public causes for the individual ride stops. The timing remains notable: most of the current ride downtime landed after a quake guests reported feeling across the Walt Disney World area.
Sources and image: USGS earthquake event us7000srjx, USGS Did You Feel It ZIP-level data, CrowdLevels live ride-status data pulled at 2:55 p.m. EDT, and the Walt Disney World public operating-hours page.