Urgent: 5.2-magnitude quake hits Puerto Rico region -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.2-magnitude quake hits Puerto Rico region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-02-19 22:36:15

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Puerto Rico region at 1418 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 19.81 degrees north latitude and 66.51 degrees west longitude. ■