PUERTO RICO — Puerto Rico is dealing with what is likely its most damaging earthquake in more than a century -- it’s the second major earthquake to hit the country in two days.
Tuesday’s earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 and a 5.8 magnitude quake also struck the island on Monday.
Authorities said at least one person is dead and at least eight others are hurt. The damage is still being added up from Tuesday morning’s earthquake, but economic losses are already estimated at more than $100 million.
An estimated 400,000 people felt it, including our Telemundo reporter Sylvia Oben who is in Puerto Rico in a town near San Juan when the earthquake hit, just south of Yauco.
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6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A helicopter flies over the Inmaculada Concepcion church, seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Father Melvin Diaz from the Inmaculada Concepcion church comforts a woman after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A cross stands on top of the Inmaculada Concepcion church, seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on January 7, 2020. A strong earthquake struck south of Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, followed by major aftershocks, the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series of tremors that have shaken the island since December 28. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A man carries a St. Jude statue from the Inmaculada Concepcion church ruins after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Amir Seneriz, president of the Logia Aurora Organization, inspects damages after an earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico The Inmaculada Concepcion church, built in 1841, is seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Reynaldo Gonzalez, center, nephew of 73-year-old Nelson Martinez, who died after a wall collapsed during an earthquake, waits with family members for Martinez's body to be removed in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Workers clear a landslide on Highway 2 after an earthquake hit the island in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico People stand in front of a house where a man was killed when a wall fell on him after an earthquake hit the island in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico The Inmaculada Concepcion church, built in 1841, is seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico The Inmaculada Concepcion church is seen partially collapsed after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Jose Graziani removes a painting after an earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A man carries a St. Jude statue from the Inmaculada Concepcion church ruins after an earthquake hit the island in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 7, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Debris from a collapsed wall of a building litters the ground after an earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
Puerto Rico earthquake San Juan is plunged in darkness after a 6.4 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, leaving the island largely without power. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico earthquake San Juan is plunged in darkness after a 6.4 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, leaving the island largely without power. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico earthquake San Juan is plunged in darkness after a 6.4 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, leaving the island largely without power. (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico earthquake San Juan is plunged in darkness after a 6.4 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, leaving the island largely without power. (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico earthquake San Juan is plunged in darkness after a 6.4 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico early January 7, 2020, leaving the island largely without power. (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico earthquake A collapsed building with car crushed underneath, following an earthquake in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (J. Miguel Santiago / Twitter via AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico This combo of two photos shows "Punta Ventana," or Window Point, in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico on Jan. 27, 2019, top, before it fell, and after it fell on Jan. 6, 2020 due to an earthquake. (Edgar Gracia Portello via AP, top, and AP Photo by Jorge A Ramirez Portela, bottom)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Popular tourist landmark Punta Ventana is destroyed after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, on January 6, 2020. A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook Puerto Rico on January 6, 2020, toppling some structures and causing power outages and small landslides, the US Geological Survey said. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Seniors who live at a nursing home sit outside their residence after they were evacuated due to an earthquake in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring others and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico The Immaculate Concepcion Catholic church lies in ruins after an overnight earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico Seniors who live at a nursing home sit outside their home after they were evacuated due to an earthquake in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A note that reads "We're well. Ceo and Ana," hangs on a fence after an overnight earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico A fence and building are partially collapsed after an overnight earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Puerto Rico The Immaculate Concepcion Catholic church lies in ruins after an overnight earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
“It was a nightmare, you know. I heard electricity, generator turn on and the lights turn off and then I wake up and saw the bed like moving and all that and when I tried to open the door, I couldn’t open it,” Sylvia said.
Watch the video above as Eyewitness News anchor Elsa Gillis speaks with Sylvia about and what people are afraid of now.
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