Punta Ventana, a famed natural stone arch along Puerto Rico’s southern coast, collapsed Monday when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the island, according to the Miami Herald.
The quake struck around 6:30 a.m. and destroyed the arch, which had sustained damage from a series of tremors that began in late December, according to Glidden Lopez, a spokesman for the Guayanilla municipality.
“Today our icon is nothing but a memory,” he wrote in a Facebook post Monday.
Puerto Rican natural wonder, Punta Ventana, collapses amid 5.8 magnitude earthquake pic.twitter.com/0n7r5qdtSD
— Antonio Paris (@AntonioParis) January 6, 2020
The quake also caused several minor landslides and some power outages. No casualties had been reported as of Monday afternoon.
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Puerto Rico earthquake destroys iconic natural landmark https://t.co/7a96NAEJLR pic.twitter.com/nLz4qrfdWO
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Second powerful earthquake strikes Puerto Rico in two days https://t.co/ZEXJiJI0AE pic.twitter.com/J9UcxmtRP3
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