Puerto Rico

An earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early Sunday, damaging houses in western and northern towns and causing a rock slide on a highway, according to The Associated Press (AP). On Sunday 16 May at 17.01 hours, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 shook Puerto Rico. He was a strong earthquake and forced people to leave their homes to seek protection. People were very afraid and concerned about the earthquake that struck the city.

The magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck at 1:16 a.m. (0516 GMT) Sunday about four miles from the small community of Espino on the western side of the U.S. Caribbean island and 63 miles from the capital, San Juan, where it was felt by high-rise dwellers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A representative of Puerto Rico’s emergency management agency (Melina Simeonides), said the quake also spilled rocks over a highway in Utuado, where it also shifted a concrete house four inches from its foundation. On the same note a report says that after the earthquake a tsunami warning was issued. Some agencies issued the warning of earthquakes minutes before its occurrence. He was a strong earthquake and that people fear that the time that the earthquake would have been fatal. There are no reported injuries and casualties have been received yet. Another report says that no announcement of a tsunami warning from the time.

Engineers and authorities were assessing the damage on Sunday. No injuries have been reported.