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| 6.3-magnitude quake hits off Puerto Rico’s coast | 6.3-magnitude quake hits off Puerto Rico’s coast |
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| A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Puerto Rico at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers some 80 kilometers north of the town of San Antonio, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. | |
| The earthquake was registered at 03:23 UTC on Tuesday. No tsunami warning has been issued yet.The closest residential area to the epicenter of the quake is San Antonio, a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people, and the municipality of Isabella in the north-western part of the island. | |
| Strong tremors were reported across the island, with locals taking to social media to share firsthand accounts of the quake. | |
| “I am still shaken to the core. It was very strong. I was really scared,” a netizen based in Aguadilla, a town on Puerto Rico’s northwestern tip, tweeted. | |
| Locals reported they heard “long sound like if it was thundering” before the jolts rattled the ground. | |
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