A magnitude 6.0 shock hit Puerto Rico on Saturday morning as the island's residents were already reeling from a series of major quakes this week, including one on Tuesday that was the biggest in a century.
The latest quake at around 9 a.m. local time has caused even further damage, mainly in areas around the southern coast where hundreds of homes and schools had already collapsed from the Tuesday temblor that had a magnitude of 6.4.
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Saturday's quake also left roughly 5,000 customers without power, according to the island's power authority.
Witnesses said the temblor caused concrete debris from damaged buildings to topple into the streets.
Randy Baldwin, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, said that the 6.0 magnitude quake is considered an aftershock along with several other 5.0 magnitude aftershocks overnight.
“The one this morning is the strongest one” since the big earthquake on Tuesday.
Hundreds of quakes and aftershocks have shaken the island since the new year, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.
This is a breaking story; check back for updates.
Michelle Acevedo contributed.
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2020-01-11 14:41:00Z
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