A 5.3 earthquake was recorded just 125 kilometres away from Puerto Rico on Friday night. 

According to a preliminary update from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre, the earthquake epicentre was approximately 125 km northeast of Fajardo and 142 km northeast of Río Grande, Puerto Rico.

Details are as follows:

DATE AND TIME:

2018-04-06 5:21 pm (Local Time)

2018-04-06 21:21 (UTC)

MAGNITUDE:

5.3

LOCATION:

Latitude: 18.85N

Longitude: 64.65W

Depth: 10 km

NEARBY CITIES:

125 km NE of Fajardo, Puerto Rico

142 km NE of Río Grande, Puerto Rico

151 km NE of Humacao, Puerto Rico

If you felt this earthquake, please tell the UWI Seismic Research Centre (http://uwiseismic.com/EarthquakeFeedback.aspx)

DISCLAIMER: this event has NOT been reviewed by an analyst. It was automatically located by a seismological computational system, therefore, it is a PRELIMINARY result and this may vary when new additional data are processed.