'Sad, worried, inconsolable': Earthquake triggers anxiety in Puerto Rico, post-Hurricane Maria

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'Sad, worried, inconsolable': Earthquake triggers anxiety in Puerto Rico, post-Hurricane Maria
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NEW: HHS Sec. Azar has declared a public health emergency for Puerto Rico after series of earthquakes.

worst earthquake in more than a century killed one person and triggered an islandwide blackout in Puerto Rico"It was very shocking. Our mirrors, our drawers, our paintings fell out," Nazario, 47, a high school math teacher and a community activist, said."People are sad, worried and many are inconsolable. My family is very nervous and my wife is very affected, she doesn't even want to be inside our house.

Nazario said that after the hurricane and now the earthquake,"some people feel like the earthquake is some sort of divine punishment."Christine Nieves co-founded a cooperative open-air kitchen and neighborhood resource center, Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo Mariana, after Maria hit.

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