Earthquakes Rock Puerto Rico

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January 12, 2020

The US Geological Survey reported that a 6.0 magnitude earthquake was felt in Puerto Rico on Saturday.

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It was the latest one in a series that has been rattling the island recently and caused extensive damage to the US territory.

At 8:54 local time the quake was felt eight miles or (14 km) southeast of Guanica, a town that was hard hit by other earthquakes earlier. It is on the southern Caribbean coastline of the island.

One person was killed on the Tuesday before, when a 6.4 magnitude quake caused terrible damage and knocked out electric power.
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