As Aftershocks Continue in Puerto Rico, USGS Support Quake Recovery (2020)

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As Aftershocks Continue in Puerto Rico, USGS Supports Quake Recovery

As Aftershocks Continue in Puerto Rico, USGS Supports Quake Recovery Release Date: JANUARY 17, 2020

A sequence of earthquakes in southwest Puerto Rico continues to affect people living there, with the largest recent aftershock a magnitude 5.2 on Jan. 15. U.S. Geological Survey scientists on the island and the mainland are providing up-to-date scientific information to help the Commonwealth government and the Federal Emergency Management Agency make decisions that protect the public. The earthquake sequence in southwest Puerto Rico began with a magnitude 4.7 earthquake Dec. 28. A magnitude 6.4 mainshock struck on Jan. 7. The sequence has so far produced more than 300 earthquakes greater than magnitude 3, a size that people can feel, and at times the quakes have come in quick succession; there were 18 aftershocks of magnitude 3 or greater between midday Jan. 14 and midday Jan. 15. Earthquakes detected between December 28, 2019 as There have been 10 of January 16, 2020. Subject to updates. Spanish earthquakes of Version. magnitude 5 or greater in U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey. the sequence, a size that (Public domain.) can do damage. This sequence of events has been tracked by scientists at the Puerto Rico Seismic Network and the USGS National Earthquake

2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence

Contacts Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Office of Communications and Publishing 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 United States Phone: 703-648-4460

Heather Dewar Public Affairs Specialist Eastern States Email: hdewar@usgs.gov Phone: 352-264-3542

Jason Burton Public Affairs Specialist Eastern States Office of Communications Email: jburton@usgs.gov Phone: 678-924-6692

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