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tawadi

(2,110 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2011, 05:48 PM Dec 2011

By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, December 17, 5:23 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Two strong earthquakes struck Puerto Rico within minutes of each other early Saturday.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 5.1 and 5.3 respectively, occurred three minutes apart just after 2 a.m. AST in the Mona Passage, just to the west of the island. A smaller aftershock was reported a few minutes later, and all were felt in the capital, San Juan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/2-strong-earthquakes-strike-puerto-rico-within-a-few-minutes/2011/12/17/gIQAJTdvzO_story.html?wprss=rss_americas

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2 strong earthquakes strike Puerto Rico within a few minutes (Original Post) tawadi Dec 2011 OP

Hopefully these are not foreshocks... jimlup Dec 2011 #1

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1. Hopefully these are not foreshocks...

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 06:00 PM

Dec 2011

5.1 and 5.2 are big enough to cause some disruption of services if they are close to you.