The island of Puerto Rico was hit by a series of strong earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks damaging buildings, cracking roads and leaving much of the island in the dark.
Local media reported that at least one person died and others injured during home collapses on the island’s southern coast.
The 6.4 Puerto Rico earthquake has also affected The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Saint Barthélemy, Antigua and Barbuda, and Anguilla.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 off the coast of Puerto Rico. Officials earlier said the quake hit at 4:24 a.m. just south of the island at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. At 7:18 a.m. the magnitude-6.0 aftershock hit the same area. People reported strong shaking and staff at a local radio station said live on air that they were leaving their building.
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