2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The southwest of Puerto Rico dawned this Three Kings Day amid earthquakes that have generated serious alarm and uncertainty among a population unaccustomed to strong shocks such as those recorded in recent hours.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the first magnitude 5.8 quake on the Richter scale occurred at 6:32 am local time, at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles. Hours later, at 10:51 am, a second tremor of 4.9 was felt.
The authorities indicated that no deaths or injuries have been regretted, but there have been the collapse of at least five houses and damage to many others in the municipalities of Guayanilla and Guánica, where the state of emergency was decreed.
According to local media, fear of the strong shaking caused some of the children in Guánica to be forced to open the gifts left by the Three Kings in the street.
About twenty people decided to go as a precaution to a shelter enabled by the municipality. "We do not feel safe," said one of the affected, Cynthia Pérez, to the newspaper El Nuevo Día. "It was a very ugly roar."
The tremors also led to the collapse of the natural gem known as the Ventana del Caribe, a rock formation located off the coast of Guayanilla. This tourist attraction has been visibly deteriorated since the first earthquakes began to be felt last December.
Since then anxiety has been growing in that area of the island, where a fault is located, and nothing seems to indicate that it will disappear soon. The Puerto Rico Seismic Network noted that seismic activity is expected to continue in the following hours, days, and even weeks.
Various areas of the island will be without electricity due to the damage that the shocks caused to the facilities and transmission lines of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
The mayor of Guayanilla, Nelson Torres, recommended that residents of the affected area make sure that the places where they are are resistant and safe, and to be aware of evacuation plans in case of more intense earthquakes.
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