Published Date: January 29, 2020 USGS experts estimated that aftershocks from the magnitude 6.4 Jan. 7, 2020, earthquake will persist for years to decades, although with decreasing frequency. Additionally, earthquakes will likely be felt on a daily basis for several more months.
Guaniqueño, we continue the process of demolishing houses affected by the earthquakes. We have lived very painful moments with each family. In these structures (between cement and steel), dreams, illusions, years of great sacrifice and work have fallen. Homes that, for decades, kept the history of these families, their memorable memories and each of their…
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Sometimes we just need a little help from our friends to make a big change in life. Here’s an example! The Sepulveda family needed better access to their home. We bought the materials in the local hardware store, negotiated with a local Contractor (to only pay for the personnel’s professional hours to perform the job),…
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Original Publish Date: September 23, 2020 | Story by: Leysa Caro González for El Nuevo Día It’s the first of a total of 517 structures that have to be collapsed after becoming uninhabitable after the January 7th earthquake.
Original Publish Date: June 28, 2020 Story by: Alex Figueroa Cancel for El Nuevo Día In this way, the mayor of Guánica, Santos “Papichy” Seda, described the environment left by the 4.8 earthquake that was registered this morning in the southeastern tip of his municipality. (Link below leads to story in Spanish)
Original Publish Date: February 24, 2020 Story by: Catherine Kim for VOX Puerto Ricans are still living in tents more than a month after earthquakes hit the southern part of the island on January 7, damaging more than 800 homes.
Original Publish Date: January 9, 2020 Story by: Nicole Chavez, Camila Bernal and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN The quake was the strongest and likely the most damaging of hundreds of temblors that have struck the island since December 28. It hit before dawn Tuesday, leaving a man dead and causing dozens of homes and structures to crumble.
Original Published Date: March 1, 2020 Story by: Frances Robles for New York Times GUÁNICA, P.R. — Nearly two months after an earthquake sent the population of southwest Puerto Rico rushing into the streets, thousands of people are still slumbering each night under camping tents, on cots, in their cars and in enormous open tents that serve…
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