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Weather Watchers

AllaN01Bear

(18,191 posts) Mon Nov 1, 2021, 11:25 PM Nov 2021

i noticed that there was a uptick of earthquakes again in and or near puerto rico.

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i noticed that there was a uptick of earthquakes again in and or near puerto rico. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 OP

Fault lines padah513 Nov 2021 #1

padah513

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1. Fault lines

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Tue Nov 2, 2021, 02:48 AM

Nov 2021

The Puerto Rico Trench, north of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, is an undersea fault zone. The North American plate is sliding under the Caribbean plate there, creating the potential for earthquakes and undersea landslides that can set off tsunamis. This is just one. There are others.

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