U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Randy Baldwin said the tremor was not an aftershock of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless in Haiti. The quake occurred at a depth of 64 miles south-southwest of the capital of San Juan.
It occurred on Christmas Eve just a couple of miles from the central mountain town of Aguas Buenas.
A Federal Aviation Administration official said the international airport in San Juan was open and operating normally.
"It lasted about 30 seconds and felt hard. Some guests did get a little scared," said Venus Nevarez, an employee at the El San Juan Hotel and Casino. She said nothing broke and that all the guests were fine.
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