4.8-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Puerto Rico

A 4. 8-magnitude earthquake shook southern Puerto Rico late on Thursday, leaving aftershocks in a region that has been rattled by clusters of earthquakes and tremors since late last year. There were no immediate reports of casualties or widespread damage from the earthquake, which was seven miles deep, off the coast of Guayanilla, and just over a mile from Magas Arriba, a suburb of Ponce, the United States Geological Survey said. It was felt everywhere, Victor Huerfano, the director of the islands seismic network, told The Associated Press. It was one of strongest to hit the coastal area, where a series of tremors measuring about the same strength or greater had rolled through since late last year, clustered a few miles offshore.