Epicenter at 17.965, -66.943 2020-12-15 20:11:17 UTC (4.2 miles), Today 2020-12-15 19:31:16 UTC (5.2 miles), Today 2020-12-15 05:35:11 UTC Entire neighborhoods of cement structures shifted and crumbled, leaving thousands of people homeless and many more living in precarious situations. (1.2 miles), 2020-12-14 03:19:10 UTC Email. Potala Pastillo 74.2 km from (1.2 miles), Today 2.2 km from 1.2 km from 2020-12-15 20:23:53 UTC 4.2 km from (1.2 miles), 2020-12-14 19:42:25 UTC 0.2 km from Epicenter at 17.946, -66.842 (2.2 miles), 2020-12-14 09:53:10 UTC A series of quakes destroyed or damaged about 300 homes, and led Governor Wanda Vazquez to … Catalyst, a new journal published by Jacobin, is out now. Indios (8.2 miles), Today The earthquakes have shaken the island, killing at least one person, destroying buildings and homes, and leaving about two-thirds of the island without power. Any excuse to avoid a transparent process that reflects the real state of the schools and seeks to protect the school community will constitute an act of criminal negligence . 2020-12-15 05:25:07 UTC Fuig (6.2 miles), 2020-12-14 08:46:35 UTC at 08:17 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: But in Puerto Rico, where there is a severe economic crisis, high unemployment, low wages, and a very high cost of living, there is also a fight underway over where the vast resources of society should be spent. The earthquake was preceded by a series of smaller quakes in the south of … Today at 10:13 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: at 08:33 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: 3.2 km from 2020-12-15 00:27:03 UTC Since the imposition of the PROMESA act under President Obama, Puerto Rico has been pressured to prioritize paying the debt over investment in public services. Guánica 14.2 km from Preliminary focal mechanism solutions for the earthquake indicate faulting occurred as the result of slip on either a moderately dipping plane striking just north of west, or on a moderately dipping plane striking just west of south. at 15:42 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: “As we saw with the ex–secretary of education Julia Keleher and the government of Ricardo Rosselló, the money was always there for the subcontractors, the privatization schemes, and the buying and selling of political favors. According to Reuters, Friday's earthquake took place at 6:26 p.m. local time, its epicenter located approximately two and a half miles from Indios on the southern coast. The latest in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks struck off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico just before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Potala Pastillo . There’s an unlimited budget for repression, but when it comes to financing our schools they claim bankruptcy.”, “We can’t be trembling with fear and anguish every time the earth shakes out of fear that our children’s school might collapse,” science teacher Anés Cedeño Soto told me. Our new issue – asking whether the US is a failed state – is out now. In 1918, Puerto Rico had to deal with a massive 7.3 magnitude quake and a pandemic. As educators returned to school to get ready for classes, many of them were presented with building certifications from the DOE that left many more questions open than were answered. at 00:39 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: 2.2 km from (3.2 miles), Today 2020-12-15 15:42:10 UTC This must include: first aid training; emotional support services for staff; emergency and earthquake management workshops; discussions of the specific emergency protocols in each school with their unique circumstances; a reevaluation and reworking of school structures in order to create smaller class sizes that are more manageable in the case of an emergency; a familiarization with evacuation routes and meet-up points at each campus; as well as a discussion of the walk-through inspections that were done. at 09:53 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: 2020-12-15 15:12:37 UTC Epicenter at 17.976, -66.731 (2.2 miles), 2020-12-14 03:48:08 UTC (Eric Rojas / Getty Images). The Frente Amplio en Defensa de la Educación Pública (FADEP), a coalition of educator unions, community groups, and parent associations, is demanding that the government take the safety of school communities more seriously. Schools are starting to reopen after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico in the early morning hours of January 7, the day after Three Kings’ Day. They are paying $1,200 per school for subcontractors to conduct walk-through inspections that assess visible signs of structural damage from past earthquakes. “All faculty and personnel need at least five days of preparation and training in order to get up to speed with the new reality in schools and in order to establish and roll out protocol for the case of another emergency,” explained the president of the National Union of Educators and Education Workers (UNETE), Liza Fournier Córdova, who is also an elementary school English teacher. Tallaboa 3.2 km from Potala Pastillo 2020-12-15 00:39:04 UTC As educators and students plan to go back to school, they are haunted by the images of the Agripina Seda School, which collapsed while students were on break for the holidays. Puerto Ricans were jolted awake again early Tuesday, as a 6.4 quake struck off the island's southwest coast. Epicenter at 17.958, -66.753 READ MORE: This Could Be a Historic Election for Puerto Rico “That generation had to face the earthquake and the 1918 influenza pandemic, which severely affected the United States and Puerto Rico,” Huérfano said. (3.2 miles), Today Epicenter at 17.818, -66.963 La Parguera at 19:42 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: at 03:48 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: at 01:38 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: at 07:27 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: We have seen [in this most recent government scandal] that the government could spend $10,000 a month to warehouse supplies which were supposed to be distributed after Hurricane Maria. The January 7, 2020, M 6.4 earthquake offshore of southwest Puerto Rico occurred as the result of oblique normal faulting at shallow depth. Other earthquakes in the greater epicenter area Strongest earthquakes (since 1900) within a 150 km radius from this earthquake Puerto Rico hit with 6.5 magnitude earthquake, island-wide blackout reported. USGS partners with the PRSN and the Puerto Rico Strong Motion Program at University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez to collect seismic data and monitor earthquakes in the region. We discuss why the United States’ institutional breakdown won’t stop after Trump leaves office and what can be done to improve things for working people. Epicenter at 17.955, -66.84 Members of the FADEP aren’t waiting around for the DOE to do the right thing. If there aren’t any cracks, it means that the previous earthquake didn’t cause damage, but [based on that kind of inspection] I cannot guarantee that it can resist a bigger or future earthquake. 2020-12-15 19:44:12 UTC The May 2, 2020, M 5.5 earthquake offshore of southwest Puerto Rico occurred as the result of oblique normal faulting at shallow depth. Epicenter at 19.138, -66.443 “The problem is a lack of transparency, not a lack of funds,” twelfth-grade physics teacher Hugo J Delgado-Martí told me. According to Alicea, these repairs are straightforward and can be done within six to eight weeks with the required resources. Epicenter at 17.912, -66.785 Latest earthquakes in Puerto Rico Updated 11 Dec 2020 10:19 GMT - During Mar 2019, Puerto Rico was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.6, 16 quakes between … (3.2 miles), Today A Puerto Rican flag waves on top of a pile of rubble as debris is removed from a main road in Guanica, Puerto Rico on January 8, 2020, one day after the earthquake. Brenas 2.2 km from at 05:35 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Monique is a member of the American Federation of Teachers and a supporter of the Movement of Rank and File Educators, the social justice caucus of the United Federation of Teachers. Keleher, who is charged with corruption, bribery, and fraud, is now under investigation for giving away school land in San Juan to a developer in exchange for an apartment in a gentrifying neighborhood that she lived in for six months for $1 a month before buying it below market value. 36.2 km from If this defect hasn’t been fixed yet, the structures simply shouldn’t be used under any circumstances,” Juan F. Alicea, the president of the College of Engineers and Surveyors, told Primera Hora. 2020-12-15 11:34:09 UTC Print. The disasters have been worsened by the government’s lack of response to the earthquake’s devastation — especially on the island’s schools. Crews are inspecting buildings in Puerto Rico to make sure they're safe after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit near the island last night. The inspections and repairs that the FADEP is calling for may take longer and cost more money. Tallaboa Epicenter at 17.967, -66.994 Despite the fact that earthquakes are ongoing, and that Secretary of Education Eligio Hernández Pérez admitted in a radio interview that 95 percent of schools are not earthquake-resistant, these inspections do not look for design flaws that make the buildings vulnerable to future earthquakes. The US Geological Survey said the recent earthquake was an aftershock of a 6.4-magnitude tremor that struck Puerto Rico in January. News Puerto Rico rocked by 5.4 magnitude earthquake. Epicenter at 17.942, -66.968 Help Us Stick Around for Many More. (46.2 miles), Today Puerto Rico has been repeatedly battered with hurricanes and, most recently, massive earthquakes. 5.2 km from at 09:10 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: Epicenter at 18.008, -66.845 Guayanilla Martínez-Cruzado explained to Metro PR how a building could pass a DOE inspection one day but fall to the ground the next: You can inspect a structure and see if it is cracked or not, but that does not mean that in the future it can necessarily withstand a larger earthquake. at 09:28 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: (3.2 miles), Today 2020-12-15 01:38:41 UTC 6.2 km from at 08:46 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: Epicenter at 18.003, -66.736 Puerto Rico has been repeatedly battered with hurricanes and, most recently, massive earthquakes. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday and was followed three hours later by an aftershock measuring 6.0. Guánica People took to the streets starting in mid-January to call for the resignation of Governor Wanda Vásquez Garced and the President of the Senate Thomas Rivera Schatz after supplies meant for victims of Hurricane Maria were found collecting dust in several warehouses. (47.2 miles), Today Puerto Rico’s southern coast was hit with a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. Puerto Ricans displaced by the worst earthquake in a century face shortages of housing inspectors and home inventories as well as delays in funding and for planning temporary housing. at 13:23 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: at 03:19 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: Hundreds of other Puerto Rican schools have this defect and could collapse as a result of another strong earthquake. . at 20:23 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Subscribe to ad-free EarthquakeTrack Plus for the best earthquake tracking experience plus additional features and subscriber-only perks. Epicenter at 18.522, -68.8 Epicenter at 17.944, -66.916 Epicenter at 18.036, -66.806 We’re Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary. “Our recommendation is that these structures shouldn’t be used . Maria Antonia 17.2 km from This has had a devastating impact on many sectors including health, communication, electrical, as well as education. “History repeats itself at certain points.” A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, the largest in a series of quakes that have struck the U.S. territory in recent days and caused heavy damage in some areas. at 19:44 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Similar to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the […]. at 09:29 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: 2020-12-15 08:17:29 UTC Epicenter at 17.918, -66.913 She writes and translates frequently about labor and social movements in Puerto Rico. “This is about prioritizing the lives of the people, of our children. at 00:27 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: In response to the pandemic, Direct Relief has been providing personal protective equipment, intensive-care unit supplies, and tents for triage and testing to hospitals and health centers. Puerto Rico’s southern coast was hit with a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. Epicenter at 17.951, -66.941 Epicenter at 18.166, -67.553 (11.2 miles), Today Between 2017 and 2018 the DOE under twice-indicted ex–secretary of education Julia Keleher spent millions of dollars on school inspections. There isn’t even a format that the engineers are supposed to follow. Guánica 5.2 km from Indios Epicenter at 17.924, -66.979 7.2 km from 9.2 km from Epicenter at 18.007, -66.486 (22.2 miles), 2020-12-14 16:24:12 UTC An engineer from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, José A. Martínez-Cruzado, visited the school between earthquakes, when it was still standing. 9.2 km from 76.2 km from Entire neighborhoods of cement structures shifted and crumbled, leaving thousands of people homeless and many more living in precarious situations. 7.2 km from A 5.2 magnitude aftershock hit Puerto Rico's southern coast on Friday afternoon, days after an earthquake shook the island and left much of it without power. Guayanilla . at 04:15 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: The ground in southwest Puerto Rico has been shaking since Dec. 28, with more than 1,280 earthquakes, of which more than 100 were felt and more than 70 were of magnitude 3.5 or greater. 2.2 km from To date, they have received no response despite the in-depth proposals that they crafted with engineers and experts in the field. Keleher also closed hundreds of structurally sound schools while cramming children into inferior, overcrowded facilities. Unfortunately, the DOE has a different plan in mind. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Puerto Rico Saturday, jolting some residents from their beds and briefly knocking out … 2020-12-15 09:28:18 UTC Already on our list? (1.2 miles), 2020-12-14 09:29:45 UTC at 19:31 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: The U.S. Geological Service reported that a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico early Monday morning, according to The Associated Press. 4.2 km from Epicenter at 17.975, -66.727 After earthquakes, Puerto Rico’s major power plant to stay dark. 2020-12-15 05:46:24 UTC How is this possible?”. Epicenter at 17.974, -66.945 Guánica The FADEP has requested meetings with representatives of the House and the Senate, the secretary of education, as well as Carlos Pesquera, the engineer who advises the governor, in order to present and discuss their concerns. We simply will not let the experience of Hurricane Maria, in which so many people suffered and died unnecessarily, happen again. The American Federation of Teachers Isn’t Standing Against Austerity in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican People’s Assemblies Shift From Protest to Proposal, Puerto Rican Politics Will Never Be the Same, Puerto Rico’s Privatizers Are Finally Getting What They Deserve. Epicenter at 17.997, -66.493 The 6.4 magnitude earthquake was the most severe in a series of tremors off the US territory over the past 10 days. Tallaboa The turquoise and cream-colored, three-story building, which is located in the southern part of the island most affected by the tremors, fell like a deck of cards, each story flattening the one under it. (1.2 miles), Today Puerto Rico is currently on lockdown due to the Covid-19 crisis, which has made it harder for people affected by the earthquake to receive aid. 2020-12-15 04:15:21 UTC 2020-12-15 07:27:16 UTC The quakes have been regularly occurring since December 28 and now an island-wide blackout is being reported. Epicenter at 18.493, -68.98 2020-12-15 10:13:57 UTC Epicenter at 17.916, -66.957 5.2 km from 2020-12-15 13:23:29 UTC La Romana Puerto Rico has had: (M1.5 or greater) 14 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 100 earthquakes in the past 7 days; 454 earthquakes in the past 30 days; 9,434 earthquakes in the past 365 days According to the College of Engineers and Surveyors, the Agripina Seda School collapsed due to a cost-saving construction shortcut called a “short column” which buckles instead of bending in the case of an earthquake. 3.2 km from (5.2 miles), Today (0.2 miles), Today The disasters have been worsened by the government’s lack of response to the earthquake’s devastation — especially on the island’s schools. GUANICA, PUERTO RICO - JANUARY 7: A man walks past a destroyed store after a 6.4 earthquake hit just south of the island on January 7, 2020 in Guánica, Puerto Rico. (3.2 miles), 2020-12-14 09:10:11 UTC Puerto Rico is struggling to recover after the island’s strongest earthquake in 100 years. (1.2 miles), Today Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Our new issue, “Failure Is an Option,” is out now. A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Puerto Rico on Saturday at a shallow depth, raising concerns about unstable infrastructure in a region that has been hit by quakes every day for nearly a month. Schools are starting to reopen after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico in the early morning hours of January 7, the day after Three Kings’ Day. Subscribe in print for $20 today! Puerto Rico earthquake: At least 1 dead, island without power. As a part of this public outcry and call for accountability, parents and educators are denouncing the Department of Education’s (DOE) rushed inspection process that doesn’t fully certify the safety of schools. at 05:46 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Puerto Rico Region: Aug 11 03:30: 3.0: 13: MAP I Felt It INFO: FOLLOW earthquake-report.com on TWITTER : @ShakingEarth . The earthquake’s center was in the sea, south of Puerto Rico (star). Guánica But the DOE is unable to provide any kind of comprehensive description of the findings of these inspections or of earlier repairs which were carried out in the early 2000s. An earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight others and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. Puerto Rico's public utility, PREPA said 99% of its customers' electricity has been restored following last week's 6.4 earthquake. Get a $20 discounted print subscription today! 3.2 km from Epicenter at 18.016, -66.485 at 02:10 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: They were the … at 16:24 December 14, 2020 UTC, Location: Guánica Similar to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the earthquakes and aftershocks in Puerto Rico are revealing the decidedly unnatural tragedies of disaster capitalism and colonialism. 2.2 km from Guánica 2020-12-15 02:10:33 UTC After Earthquake Rocks Puerto Rico, Thousands Still Without Shelter Or Power Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's … . A 5.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded off the waters of southern Puerto Rico early Saturday, rattling the city of Ponce, according to the US Geological Survey. The attacks on working people have also created a backlash and a resurgence of struggle which hold the promise of a different future for Puerto Rico, one in which the needs of ordinary people are prioritized over profits. Father Melvin Díaz Aponte inspects damage to the Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción church after a 6.4 earthquake hit just south of the island on January 7, 2020 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. (4.2 miles). La Parguera Thousands remain in … (1.2 miles), Today Incredibly, the now-collapsed Agripina Seda School passed this kind of inspection the day before it collapsed. at 09:05 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: 2020-12-15 08:33:04 UTC at 20:11 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Yauco 2.2 km from (3.2 miles), Today (1.2 miles), Today Stella at 11:34 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Epicenter at 17.946, -66.962 (2.2 miles), Today In his own unofficial inspection, he identified the school’s short-column design and recommended that the school be repaired before being used again. Epicenter at 19.154, -66.433 at 05:25 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: It’s the latest of a series of constant earthquakes that have struck the region this month. The life of any Puerto Rican child is worth more than any amount of money in the world.”. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled Puerto Rico Wednesday morning. Aftershock Forecast The forecast for Jan. 10 indicates the likelihood of large magnitude aftershocks continues to decrease as we move further away from the Jan. 7, 2020, M 6.4 earthquake. Martínez Padilla, who has been collecting reports from schools all over the island, explained, “These certifications are a disaster, a completely botched job. The FMPR, along with community groups, is demanding that the school and others like it be reevaluated and, if it is confirmed to be earthquake-resistant, reopened immediately. 5.2 km from at 15:12 December 15, 2020 UTC, Location: Puerto Rico’s Disasters After the Earthquakes, Get a $20 discounted print subscription today, The CIA’s Secret Global War Against the Left. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the island on Monday, wiping out the natural structure. 8.2 km from And now there’s a new wave of struggle on the island calling for the resignation of government officials who have failed — yet again — to meet the needs of people who lost everything in a natural disaster. Tallaboa 2020-12-15 09:05:26 UTC Epicenter at 17.932, -66.878 The engineers just write what they want to write, some of them are blank, some are more specific, others more general. Salvaleón de Higüey Mercedes Martínez Padilla, president of the Federation of Teachers of Puerto Rico (FMPR) explains: The authorities must understand that what we are talking about here are the lives of our students, teachers, and school personnel. 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