BREAKING NEWS: 6.5 quake strikes Puerto Rico amid heavy seismic activity
A tsunami alert was initially issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but Victor Huerfano, director of Puerto Rico's Seismic Network, told WAPA TV that there is no risk of tsunami.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 4:24 a.m. just south of the island at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. It initially gave the magnitude as 6.6 but later adjusted it.
A 5.8-magnitude quake that struck early Monday morning collapsed five homes in the southwest coastal town of Guanica and heavily damaged dozens of others. It also caused small landslides and power outages. The quake was followed by a string of smaller temblors. Residents in the south of the island have been terrified to go into their homes for fear that another quake will bring buildings down.
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