Devastating 6.4 Earthquake Hits Puerto Rico

A powerful earthquake hit Puerto Rico at 4:24 this morning, causing lots of damage to roads and property.  The earthquake was centered in Guanica, but was felt all over the island.
A tsunami warning was issued and then cancelled.  Power is out all over Puerto Rico.  The Costa Sur power plant suffered structural damage and it is out of service for the time being.


A death in Ponce was reported due to the earthquake and damages throughout different municipalities: Guanica, Guayanilla, Yauco, Lares, Ponce, and Cabo Rojo.  This is the strongest earthquake to hit Puerto Rico since 1918.  The Governor of Puerto Rico issued an emergency declaration and electricity is expected to be restored tomorrow to some parts of the island.

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Oil And Gas Found In Puerto Rico

A report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produced an assessment which could possibly lead to the future production of oil and natural gas in the Puerto Rico.  The USGS report determined, that an area, in the south coast of Puerto Rico, contains an estimated 19 million barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable crude oil and 244 billion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, and 6 million barrels of natural gas liquids. 


The location of the discovery in Puerto Rico, is in the Muertos Deformed Belt around Caja de Muertos, a small island in the Caribbean Sea about five miles off the coast of Ponce, on Puerto Rico’s southern  coast.  The Caja de Muertos area was the only one with petroleum system elements.


The U.S. Geological report was based on the presence and viability of petroleum system elements including source rocks, reservoir rocks, traps, and timing considerations.


                                                                     

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Second IKEA Store Coming To Ponce, Puerto Rico

Furniture company IKEA is opening a second store in Ponce, Puerto Rico.  The store is expected to open in the fall and currently IKEA is interviewing and hiring personnel to staff the store in Ponce, in the southern region of the island.


The Sweden-based home furnishings retailer opened its first store in Puerto Rico in June. The showroom is at the site of the former Ferreterías Massó store on Highway 2 in the Hato Tejas sector of Bayamón.  Earlier this summer IKEA also opened a 62,000 square foot warehouse in Carolina and started its online shopping portal for Puerto Rico.


IKEA plans to open a total of seven stores in the island of Puerto Rico.


                                                               

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Photo Of A Shark Swimming In The Street, After Hurricane Irene Hits Puerto Rico, Is A Hoax

A photo that shows a shark swimming in a flooded street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, after the arrival of Hurricane Irene, is a hoax.  Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and flooding to many areas of Puerto Rico, this is true, but the shark in the picture is not.  The picture was photoshopped.  A well done photoshop job, as it got a lot of people believing it was true, including a stateside local news television station, that ran the photo and the story as true.


It appears that the shark in the photo was taken from an existing photograph by Thomas Peschak, showing a man in a kayak being trailed by a 12-foot Great White Shark off the coast of Australia.


Were you duped by the picture? 

Take a look at a video of the picture of the shark, as it aired on a stateside television newscast:




                                                                        

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