Open AccessRare Earthquake Swarm Strikes Puerto Rico
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo138432
Subject(s) - seismology , earthquake swarm , sequence (biology) , intraplate earthquake , geology , swarm behaviour , aftershock , history , induced seismicity , computer science , tectonics , artificial intelligence , genetics , biology
Puerto Rico hasn’t seen this many strong quakes in a single sequence since seismic monitoring began 46 years ago. The last earthquake to damage the island this badly occurred in 1918.