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malaise

(269,157 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 07:04 AM Jan 2020

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico a day after another quake rocked the island

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake
Affected countries: The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Saint Barthélemy, Antigua and Barbuda, and Anguilla

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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-tuesday/index.html
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A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico early Tuesday morning, just one day after a 5.8 magnitude quake shook the island, according to the US Geological Survey.

The 6.4 quake struck at 3:24 a.m. local time about 6 miles south of Indios, Puerto Rico, the USGS said. The mayor of Guayanilla, just north of Indios, reported damage to homes and a church. There were no immediate reports of injuries, Mayor Nelson Torres said in a phone interview with CNN affiliate WAPA.
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Did not feel it in Jamaica and I was up.

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A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico a day after another quake rocked the island (Original Post) malaise Jan 2020 OP
There has been a death reported. Some damage looks bad. Waiting for daylight pictures. icymist Jan 2020 #1
There are also serious power cuts across the island malaise Jan 2020 #2
Punta Ventana, Puerto Rican natural wonder, collapses amid earthquake malaise Jan 2020 #3
Malaise, they just had two more sizable ones at around 6:20am Eastern..... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #4

icymist

(15,888 posts)
1. There has been a death reported. Some damage looks bad. Waiting for daylight pictures.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 07:29 AM
Jan 2020

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World Central Kitchen

@WCKitchen
Initial photos out of Guanica and Guayanilla in Puerto Rico showing extensive damage from the 6.6 earthquake. Damage has been reported at the island’s main power plant & electricity is out. Our Relief Team is activated & in action. More updates soon. #ChefsForPuertoRico


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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
4. Malaise, they just had two more sizable ones at around 6:20am Eastern.....
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:02 AM
Jan 2020

a 6.0 and a 5.8.

Hope we can all send a few dollars to both Puerto Rico and Australia for basic needs, via Red Cross or other charity.

KY..........

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