";s:4:"text";s:1718:"A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Puerto Rico in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).. Puerto Rico Gov.
Dogs jumping off the couch barking, aftershocks felt already. Wanda Vazquez signed an … More than 1,000 quakes jolted the island during the first two weeks of the year, according to the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, among them a 5.9-magnitude aftershock on Saturday.
Starting on December 28, 2019, and progressing into 2020, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake swarm, including 11 that were of magnitude 5 or greater. According to the moment tensor computed by the USGS, the magnitude-6.4 event on Jan. 7, 2020 occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers on a north-northeast striking normal fault with an epicenter just a few hundred meters off the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Indiera Alta (Puerto Rico) (30 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Lasted for about 1 minute, shook furniture and woke all of us up.
The epicenter was recorded just 8 miles south of Indios, Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Being in the mountains of Yauco at 3000’ elevation magnified the quakes even more.
(MORE: Already bracing for tropical depression, Puerto Rico rocked by 6.0 earthquake) As Puerto Rico recovers from its worst earthquake in 102 years, officials said it could take a year to fix the Costa Sur power plant, which provided about a quarter of the island's electricity.