Some people whose homes have been damaged by repeated earthquakes have taken to sleeping in tents, fearing that a powerful quake could collapse their home while they slept.
The island's seismic sequence started late last year. Ever since Dec. 28, the U.S. territory hasn't stopped reporting multiple quakes up to a magnitude of 6."It keeps shaking and we don't know until when it will last," said Zory Méndez, a community leader in Ponce's sector"La Carmelita."
Zory Mendez is a community leader in Ponce, Puerto Rico, who has seen firsthand all the earthquakes the island has reported.Méndez, who has lived all her life in the community, now sleeps in a tent with her husband and her 13-year-old daughter, fearing another big quake could hit.The Mendez family is living in a tent amid the fear that another quake could hit.Cristina Corujo/ABC News
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