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Damage reported as 5.5 quake strikes Puerto Rico

by Associated Press
| May 5, 2020 12:03 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit near southern Puerto Rico on Saturday, briefly knocking out power and jolting many from their beds on an island where some people still remain in shelters from previous quakes earlier this year. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

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