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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles Puerto Rico causing damage to the south of the island - as U.S. territory suffers 11th aftershock in last 30 days
Mail Online   04 February 2020   Puerto Rico  
A magnitude 5 earthquake on Tuesday struck Puerto Rico, where people are still on edge from a series of quakes after last month's deadly event
<p>A magnitude 5.0 aftershock rattled southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday, causing some cracks but no reported injuries in a region that has been shaken by continuing quakes for more than a month.<br />Officials in the southwest coastal town of Guayanilla reported ...
Earthquakes in Puerto Rico have changed the landscape. Satellites can see it from space.
Space.com   14 January 2020   Puerto Rico  
(Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA, USGS)
<p>The swarm of earthquakes that have rocked Puerto Rico recently left marks that are visible from space.<br>About 2,000 quakes have shaken Puerto Rico since late December, with the most powerful a 6.4-magnitude temblor that took place last Tuesday (Jan. 7), ...
Puerto Rico earthquake: Tremor measuring 6.3 hits off north coast
Mirror   24 September 2019   Puerto Rico  
The earthquake struck north of Isabela, in Puerto Rico
<p>A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded off the north coast of Puerto Rico.<br />The United States Geological Survey said the tremor struck north of the province of Isabela.<br />There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the earthquake, ...
Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach
New Scientist   26 September 2017   Puerto Rico   Rio Guajataca  
Danger: full to the brim. Reuters/Alvin Baez
<p>&ldquo;Stay away or be swept away.&rdquo; This grim advice was issued to the people of Puerto Rico by the US National Weather Service on Monday, after a dam overwhelmed by rainfall from Hurricane Maria developed a large fissure.</p> <p>The Guajataca Dam ...
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