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Earthquakes | Los terremotos

Puerto Rico Natural Hazards: Earthquakes

Peligros naturales de Puerto Rico: Terremotos

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Learn more about earthquake sequences in Puerto Rico.

Obtenga más información sobre las secuencias de terremotos en Puerto Rico.

Earthquakes | Terremotos

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USGS provides real-time earthquake data, resources for the most significant earthquakes, and supports updates to the seismic hazard models for Puerto Rico.

USGS proporciona datos de terremotos en tiempo real, recursos para los terremotos más significativos y admite actualizaciones de los modelos de riesgo sísmico para Puerto Rico.

Earthquakes | Los terremotos

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Project goals were to identify and compile USGS hazard resources for Puerto Rico and build an internal network of USGS scientists carrying out research on the island.

Las metas de este proyecto fueron identificar y compilar los recursos del USGS para los peligros de Puerto Rico y forjar una red interna de científicos del USGS que llevan a cabo investigaciones en la isla.

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Puerto Rico Natural Hazards | Peligros naturales de Puerto Rico

Explore the Puerto Rico natural hazards resources pages.

Explore las páginas de recursos sobre peligros naturales de Puerto Rico.

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Excerpt of satellite image showing landslide impacts to PR-357 near the Rio Rosario in the Maricao Municipality

Landslides Triggered by the 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred near Barrio Indios, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on January 7, 2020. A study of the triggered landslides is ongoing.
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Landslide Hazards Program, Subduction Zone Science
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Landslides Triggered by the 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake Sequence

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred near Barrio Indios, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on January 7, 2020. A study of the triggered landslides is ongoing.
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U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps – Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Samoa and the Pacific Islands, and Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

Seismic hazard maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Samoa and the Pacific Islands, and Guam.
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Subduction Zone Science
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U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps – Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Samoa and the Pacific Islands, and Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

Seismic hazard maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Samoa and the Pacific Islands, and Guam.
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Map of  Relative Coastal Vulnerability for Virgin Islands National Park.

Significant Earthquakes on a major fault system in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles, 1500–2010: Implications for Seismic Hazard

Earthquakes have been documented in the northeastern Caribbean since the arrival of Columbus to the Americas; written accounts of these felt earthquakes exist in various parts of the world. To better understand the earthquake cycle in the Caribbean, the records of earthquakes in earlier catalogs and historical documents from various archives, which are now available online, were critically...
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Subduction Zone Science
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Significant Earthquakes on a major fault system in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles, 1500–2010: Implications for Seismic Hazard

Earthquakes have been documented in the northeastern Caribbean since the arrival of Columbus to the Americas; written accounts of these felt earthquakes exist in various parts of the world. To better understand the earthquake cycle in the Caribbean, the records of earthquakes in earlier catalogs and historical documents from various archives, which are now available online, were critically...
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