A 4.8-magnitude quake struck Thursday with an epicenter in Yauco, southern Puerto Rico, after several quakes between 2.1 and 4.6 this morning on the island.
Authorities have not yet issued a tsunami alert.
epicenter telluric motion It was located 12.9 kilometers south of Guyanilla and was 2 kilometers deep, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) reported.
At least 14 earthquakes, one of them 4.6 degrees and recorded between Guyanilla and Peñuelas, were detected this morning by PRSN in 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 located 10.39 kilometers east-southwest of Guanica, with a depth of seven kilometers.
Puerto Rico has suffered more than 10,000 earthquakes since December 28, threatening informal buildings, schools and floodplains.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake on January 7 was the largest in 2020.
Puerto Rico is located on the converging edge of two tectonic plates: the Caribbean and North America, which cause earthquakes when they collide.