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The last tsunami to cause significant damage in Puerto Rico was on October 11, 1918, which was generated by the 1918 Aguadilla earthquake. There have been more recent tsunami events, such as in 1946, which did not cause significant damage to the island. The last earthquakes to cause loss of life were the 2020 southwestern Puerto Rico sequence ...
2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes. Starting on December 28, 2019, [7] and progressing into 2020, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake swarm, [8] including 11 that were of magnitude 5 or greater. [9] The largest and most damaging of this sequence was a magnitude 6.4 Mw, which occurred on January 7 at 04: ...
More than 1,280 earthquakes have hit Puerto Rico’s southern region since Dec. 28, more than two dozen of them magnitude 4.5 or greater, according to the USGS. Experts seek answers behind ...
Air France Flight 4590. July 25, 2000. Aircraft crash. July 6, 2004. (2004-07-06) On July 25, 2000 a Concorde supersonic jet operating as Air France Flight 4590 takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. A piece of metal from a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 that fell onto the runway impales the Concorde's tire, which explodes.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico on the morning of Saturday, May 2, causing damage to buildings on the island.According to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit just off the ...
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico on the morning of Saturday, May 2, causing damage to buildings on the island, including to the Ponce Massacre Museum, a human rights museum and ...
0–9. 1787 Boricua earthquake. 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami. 1918 San Fermín earthquake. 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake. 2010 Moca earthquake. 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes.
The 2010 Moca earthquake, also referred to as the 2010 Puerto Rico earthquake ( Spanish: temblor de Puerto Rico de 2010 ), occurred on May 16 at 1:16 a.m. local time in Moca, Puerto Rico. [1] The earthquake measured 5.8 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ). This was the largest earthquake to strike ...