NEW: 6.5 magnitude earthquake recorded off the coast of Puerto Rico
Víctor Huérfano, director of Puerto Rico’s Seismic Network, told The Associated Press that he does not have immediate reports of damage or injuries because communications are down for much of the island. He said officials in the large southern coastal city of Ponce told him there was widespread damage.
Puerto Rico's governor, Wanda Vasquez, told station Radioisla just before 6 a.m. that there had been no immediate reports of deaths. She said she was closing government offices for the day and urged citizens to remain calm and not check damage to their homes until daylight.collapsed five homes in the southwest coastal town of Guánica and heavily damaged dozens of others. It also caused small landslides and power outages. The quake was followed by a string of smaller temblors.
Residents in the south of the island have been terrified to go into their homes for fear that another quake will bring buildings down.
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