5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southwest Puerto Rico Early Today: USGS

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SAN JUAN — An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 shook the southwest areas of Puerto Rico early this morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The seismic focus was located 6.2 miles (10 km) underground and the epicenter was recorded 1.86 miles (3 km) southwest of Indios, Puerto Rico.

An earthquake registering 4.8 on the Richter scale also occurred about eight miles (13 km)from Guanica, Puerto Rico on Saturday night, according to the USGS.

So far no damage has been reported and no tsunami alarm has been activated.

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http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/several-caribbean-islands-rocked-by-earthquake

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/29/c_138663932.htm

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.