A picturesque Puerto Rican landmark , Punta Ventana , has collapsed conform to a order of magnitude 5.79 quake .
The earthquake strike today at 6:32 a.m. local metre , accordingto the U.S. Geological Survey . CBS Newssaysthere are no composition of injury , but many buildings and roads have been damaged , and power outages have been reported across the island .
Tragically , the temblor has destroyed Punta Ventana , as the Miami Heraldreports . Also known as Window Point , the precarious - look John Rock archway appear like a jumbo center . All that remains of the iconic turning point is a sheer cliff — and a lonesome tree at the border .
Punta Ventana prior to its collapse.Image: (Joelr31/Wikimedia)
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Speaking to the Miami Herald , local resident Denniza Colon said the prostration was “ really sad , ” as it was “ one of the biggest tourism draws of Guayanilla , ” which is on Puerto Rico ’s southerly coast .
fit in to travel sitePuerto Rico Day Trips , Punta Ventana is settle in a hard - to - reach expanse and is not seeable from any nearby road — the only manner to get approach is through a individual mango farm . The stone organization is located next to the State Forest & Biosphere Reserve , but it ’s unconvincing that mass will now visit the the corpse of Punta Ventana , as the beach is often littered with nautical debris and the waves are rough , according to Puerto Rico Day Trips .
Earthquakes have been occurring in the region since recent December , but a tremor on January 3 damaged the Punta Ventana structure , “ changing the frame of the windowpane , ” according to a spokesperson for the Guayanilla municipality , as reported by the Miami Herald . Today ’s earthquake was the last blow , and “ it in conclusion fall , ” Mayor Nelson Torres Yordán wasquotedas saying in the New York Times .
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Sadly , we can now tot Punta Ventana to along listof instinctive landmark that no longer exist , include theWall Archin Utah ’s Arches National Park ( cave in in 2008),God ’s Fingerin Spain ’s Canary Islands ( demolish during a tropic storm in 2005 ) , and New Hampshire’sOld Man of the Mountain(fell in 2003 ) . And in 2017 , California ’s iconicPioneer Cabin Treefinally get a spill .
Today ’s departure of Punta Ventana is a ill-mannered admonisher that everything — even objects that have lasted for millions of years — will eventually collapse .
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