M 5.5 in Puerto Rico from 02 May 2020 11:13 UTC to 11:13

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1216341
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Glide number: EQ-2020-000001-PRI
Depth: 4.33 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.8942 , -66.6794
Event Date: 02 May 2020 11:13 UTC
02 May 2020 07:13 Local
Exposed Population: About 71000 people in MMI
3380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 May 2020 13:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
us700098mg Scaled population (raster) 3.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Puerto Rico - Earthquake (ECHO 04 May 2020)Mon, 04 May 2020 13:05

  • An earthquake of 5.4 M at a depth of 9 km struck off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, on 2 May at 11:13 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 6 km south of Tallaboa Town and 11 km south-west of the Ponce City. 
  • Up to 62,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 71,000 to strong shaking. Several aftershocks with a magnitude up to 4.6 M have been reported.
  • Media reports, as of 4 May, 50 displaced families, minor damage to buildings, power outages and small landslides triggered by the seismic event.
  • On 7 January an earthquake of 6.5 M occurred in the same area leading to at least one death and several displaced people.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),