Earthquakes rattle Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands; There is no tsunami threat

Today’s epicenter is located along the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and the northern US Virgin Islands. Photo: USGS

A series of earthquakes struck Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the past 24 hours; Fortunately, there is no risk of a tsunami from seismic activity today.

The five earthquakes in Puerto Rico were relatively mild. The first was located 2.2 miles outside of Guanica. The second is 2.3 located about a mile and a half from Guayanilla. The second was followed by a third right stationed in Guayanilla with a force of 2.6 degrees. A pair of earthquakes shook outside Maria Antonia, the former being 2.2 and the latter 2.8.

The Puerto Rican earthquakes are likely continuing aftershocks from the powerful earthquake that struck the island in January 2020. This 6.4 caused massive damage to Puerto Rico, including widespread power outages in most parts of the island. A swarm of earthquakes started here in December 2019 and unrest has continued since then.

During the earthquake and tsunami drills in March, officials trained how to respond to a major seismic event in the vicinity of an earthquake in the past 24 hours. Photo: NOAA

Approximately 50 miles north of Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands, a strongest 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck. This earthquake does not appear to be related to the ongoing seismic activity in Puerto Rico.

These earthquakes occur near the northern edge of the Caribbean Plate, a predominantly oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America. The Caribbean Plate borders the North American Plate, the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. These plate boundaries are home to continuous seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis, and sometimes volcanic eruptions.

La Soufriere erupts today on the eastern edge of the Caribbean plate, and is one of the many active volcanoes that line this border area. Heavy ash and sulfur gases from the eruption are falling today around Saint Vincent, the Grenadines and Barbados.

However, the earthquakes in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have nothing to do with volcanic activity in Saint Vincent. While they are around the same tectonic plate, they are very far from being bound.

Because of the seismic hazards present in this part of the world, the United States and other Caribbean governments participated in earthquake and tsunami drills here just weeks ago. On March 11th, through the CaribeWave ’21 Tsunami Warning System Exercise, officials excavated two hypothetical earthquakes, 8.0 and 8.5. In this exercise, simulated tsunamis hit parts of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, parts of Central and South America, and beyond. Days later, on March 17th, another major earthquake and tsunami drill took place. Unlike the CaribeWave ’21 event focused on Caribbean preparedness, Exercise LANTEX 21 on March 17 was designed to prepare the rest of the North American coast for tsunami hazards. Exercise LANTEX21 on March 17 simulated a stronger magnitude 8.8 earthquake in the North Atlantic Ocean. If such an earthquake happened, a devastating tsunami would likely hit the eastern coasts of the United States and Canada.

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