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Puerto Rico rocked by another earthquake

By Zach Halaschak
Published January 11, 2020 4:18pm ET
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Puerto Rico rocked by another earthquake
People whose homes are unsafe to enter after the previous day's magnitude 6.4 earthquake line up for lunch in an outdoor area of the Bernardino Cordero Bernard High School, amid aftershocks and no electricity in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. More than 250,000 Puerto Ricans remained without water on Wednesday and another half a million without power, which also affected telecommunications. | (Carlos Giusti/AP)

Puerto Rico was shaken by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake following days of temblors.

The quake happened at about 9 a.m. on Saturday as the island continues to grapple with the aftermath of a 6.4 magnitude quake on Tuesday that killed one and caused extensive damage, including knocking out most of the island’s power.

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