A 4.8 earthquake was recorded yesterday Thursday with an epicenter in Yauco, in southern Puerto Rico, after several earthquakes between 2.1 and 4.6 since this morning on the island.
The authorities have not issued a tsunami warning so far.
The epicenter of telluric movement It is located 12.9 kilometers south of Guyanilla and has a depth of 2 kilometers, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) reported.
At least 14 earthquakes, one of 4.6 degrees and recorded between Guyanilla and Peñuelas, have been reported by the PRSN since this morning. the south of the island.
The one with the lowest intensity was 2.1.
Another 4.0 degree movement was recorded at 07.17 local time (12.17 GMT), with the epicenter 10.39 kilometers east-southwest of Guanica, with a depth of seven kilometers.
Puerto Rico has suffered more than 10,000 tremors since December 28 last year that endangered informal buildings, schools and floodplains.
The 6.4 magnitude earthquake on January 7 was the most significant of all of 2020.
Puerto Rico is on the confluence of two tectonic plates: the Caribbean and North America, which cause earthquakes when they collide.