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Map showing epicenters of M≥5 earthquakes up to February 4, 2020, in the 2019–2020 Puerto Rico swarm sequence of earthquakes. The region has been seismically active since ancient times. The Great Northern and Great Southern fault zones that cross the main island of Puerto Rico laterally have been active since the Eocene epoch.
Puerto Rico National Guard soldiers from the 191st Regional Support Group and airmen from the 156th Wing offload and transport the Ohio National Guard's Disaster Relief Bed-down System for use by service members supporting earthquake recovery operations in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced declared a state of emergency on ...
In Puerto Rico, the earthquake heavily damaged portions of the city wall of San Juan, which prompted the demolition of its southeastern portion afterwards. [9] Fajardo, the largest town in Puerto Rico within the direct vicinity of the earthquake, completely lost its church and several of its civic structures. [10]
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 ...
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the US territory of Puerto Rico on Tuesday morning, January 7, according to the US Geological Survey, knocking out power across the island and causing damage to ...
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 ...
Bathymetry of the northeast corner of the Caribbean plate showing the major faults and plate boundaries; view looking south-west. The main bathymetric features of this area include: the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc; the old inactive volcanic arc of the Greater Antilles (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola); the Muertos Trough; and the Puerto Rico Trench formed at the plate boundary ...
The quake was the strongest shake yet since a magnitude 6.4 quake -- the strongest to hit the island in a century.