One of the largest and most damaging earthquakes to hit Puerto Rico occurred in October 1918, when a magnitude 7.3 quake struck near the island’s northwest coast, unleashing a tsunami and ...

These are difficult times in Puerto Rico. Since December 28, the Caribbean island has been struck by more than 500 earthquakes with a magnitude of 2 or greater. The biggest came before dawn ...

The 5.8 magnitude earthquake off the island’s southwest region (where Ponce is located) was one of the strongest in a series of quakes to hit Puerto Rico in recent days and would be followed by ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 50 km W of Puerto, Chile at 23:13:19 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 34.7 km, was initially ...

"More than six years after hurricanes Irmaand Maria, Puerto Rico's recovery is ongoing," the report stated. The GAO report also referred to a series of earthquakes that hit the island's southern ...

(AP photo) Puerto Rico plunged into darkness as a massive power outage hit around 80 per cent of the entire island leaving around d1.3 million people in darkness on New Year's Eve. Energy company ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year's, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark.