Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Data Products from Nasa-JPL

View the displacement maps and damage proxy maps: https://aria-share.jpl.nasa.gov/20200106-Puerto_Rico_EQ/. (Read brief descriptions of the maps) On-land deformation map: More infomration on Nasa response and data products: https://disasters.nasa.gov/puerto-rico-earthquake-2020

USGS Aftershock Scenarios

 English Version: https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/earthquake-scenarios-puerto-rico Spanish Version: https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/escenarios-de-terremotos-en-puerto-rico

News Articles

State of Emergency in Puerto Rico after Deadly Earthquake (NBC News) Why is Puerto Rico Having So Many Earthquakes? (New York Times) Puerto Rico Declares State Of Emergency After Quake Rocks Residents Awake (NPR)  Puerto Rico power plant damaged in earthquake could be out for “over a year,” official says (CBS News)

HAZUS Analysis for M6.4 Earthquake in Puerto Rico

High level summary of estimated impacts: $838M in total economic losses, including $380M in Ponce 52,380 damaged structures 41,380 Affected 10,370 Minor 620 Major 10 Destroyed New Hazus Puerto Rico Inventory data were used in this analysis and includes general building stock updates for building Counts, building value, content value and square footage estimates at the census […]

USGS Event Pages

January 7, 2019 M6.4: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70006vll/executive January 6, 2019 M5.8: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2020006006/executive