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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 of ...
4 dead, 9 injured [ 6] 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 04:24 AST ...
The 1918 San Fermín earthquake, [ 5][ 6] also known as the Puerto Rico earthquake of 1918, struck the island of Puerto Rico at 10:14:42 local time on October 11. The earthquake measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and IX ( Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The mainshock epicenter occurred off the northwestern coast of the island ...
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 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 ...
Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Between September 19–21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 ...
The quake was the strongest shake yet since a magnitude 6.4 quake -- the strongest to hit the island in a century.