A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico a day after another quake rocked the island

By artappraiser on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 3:59am |

By Joe Sutton & Holllie Silverman @ CNN.com, Updated 4:00 AM ET, Tue January 7, 2020

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico early Tuesday morning, just one day after a 5.8 magnitude quake shook the island, according to the United States Geological Service earthquake map. The 6.5 quake struck at 3:24 a.m. local time about 10 kilometers south of Indios, Puerto Rico USGS said. [....]

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In the earlier quake on Monday: 'Iconic' Punta Ventana stone arch collapses as earthquake hits Puerto Rico; Damage was caused across the island by the 5.8-magnitude earthquake (with pictures.)

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 4:02am

so much for this USGS guy's prediction Monday that there was a 3% chance of a stronger earthquake within a week of Monday's quake:

This video addresses concerns that people have asked me about regarding the earthquakes in Puerto Rico:
•human involvement
•oil off the coast of Puerto Rico
•the rarity of what's happening
I wanted to get you answers from a seismologist.
Here is Paul Earle from the @USGS: pic.twitter.com/5iC5BRJcMj
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 7, 2020

3% chance of having a similar or stronger earthquake within the next week in Puerto Rico according to USGS scientist- via @DavidBegnaud pic.twitter.com/i5JTcaQ89p
— Juan Carlos Pedreira (@juancpedreira) January 7, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 4:11am

Uh, 3% means 3 times out of 100, i.e. rarely but possibly, not "never".

You can't refute a one-time percentage estimation just by saying the less likely thing occured. Had this debate re: Huffpost's crap polling guy in 2016.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 6:40am

300,000 customers are without water service, in Puerto Rico, due to power outage.

There are in:
Metro region: 105,000
South: 70,000
West: 45,000
North: 50,000
East: 30,000
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 8, 2020

BREAKING: According to a source within @FEMA, President Trump just signed a federal disaster declaration request, made by the Governor of Puerto Rico, following the strong earthquake today that caused major damage to the southern part of the island & cut power everywhere.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 2:39am

‘Scarier’ Than Hurricane Maria: A Deadly Earthquake Terrifies Puerto Rico

The state of chaos that followed the 2017 storm robbed Puerto Ricans of any belief that their leaders could manage another natural disaster.

By Edmy Ayala, Patricia Mazzei, Frances Robles and Sandra E. Garcia @ NYTimes.com, 5 hrs. ago

filed from PONCE, P.R. —

with video and photos

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 2:45am

NYTimes, Updated 5:53 p.m. ET, from Ponce:Power Outage Affects Two-Thirds of Puerto Rico After Earthquake

Thousands of Puerto Ricans slept outside, fearing new tremors, after the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the island Tuesday.

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 6:16pm

They just had a 5.9 this morning! It was shallow, too. It's not stopping.

https://apnews.com/fd6b234395379a876bddc74e1b882d43

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/11/2020 - 12:33pm

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