6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Puerto Rico

[isabel]

www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/07/puerto-rico-earthquake/2830673001/

Ugh. This was the last thing they needed. Sounds like damage was pretty extensive.

[shauni27]

I was reading about it this morning. Seeing the damage I am amazed that there are not more dead.

My heart hurts for PR.

[aspentosh]

They had another one yesterday, too. My heart breaks for them. I'm also surprised there is only one casualty.


But also, H leaves this weekend to head down there. And then I am heading down there at the end of the week... So my anxiety is through the roof right now. We'll be in the North, but they are doing island wide power shut offs right now and the entire thing is just freaking me out.

[nessness]

How awful, especially when they're still recovering from the hurricanes. The death toll will probably rise - it generally takes a while after an earthquake to identify and catalog casualties. But it's encouraging that they're not reporting any collapses of major structures (bridges, large buildings, etc.).

It's also frustrating, but not surprising, that Trump hasn't acknowledged this tragedy yet.

[aspentosh]

Two more earthquakes between yesterday and this morning

[Kristinmo]

I feel so awful that they are going through this yet again. And doubly bad because they know 45 won’t send help.