Inyikima eyomeleleyo iphanzisile iPuerto Rico, kudilike amakhaya, iimoto zangqubeka kunye neendlela zigutyungelwe ngamatye nobutyobo - ekubonakala ukuba sisiphumo sodaka.
Abemi abaninzi besiqithi bashiyeka bengenamandla emva kwenyikima enobukhulu obuyi-5.8.
Akukho zilumkiso ngetsunami ezikhutshiweyo kwaye akukho bantu benzakeleyo abachaziweyo.
Inyikima yanamhlanje kuthiwa yenye yezona zikhulu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ukubetha umhlaba wase-US.
Ngokomhlali wasekuhlaleni, le yenye yezinyikima ezomeleleyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ukusukela oko yaqala ukushukuma nge-28 kaDisemba.
Ingingqi esemazantsi ePuerto Rico iye yathwaxwa ziinyikima ezincinci, eziphakathi kwe-4.7 ukuya kwi-5.1, ukusukela ekupheleni kukaDisemba.
Umtsalane wabakhenkethi odumileyo- i-arch yelitye, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Punta Ventana, iye yawa emva kwenyikima enyikime isiqithi. Ukwenziwa kwamatye ePunta Ventana, emi ngakunxweme olusemazantsi ePuerto Rico, yayithandwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi basePuerto Rico.
Usodolophu waseGuayanilla, uNelson Torres Yordán, uqinisekisile ukuba iPunta Ventana, "yenye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo kwezokhenketho eGuayanilla" yayingamabhodlo.
IPuerto Rico isaphila nangoku Isiqhwithi uMaria, isaqhwithi sodidi 5 esonakalisa iindawo zeCaribbean ngoSeptemba 2017. Inkanyamba iqikelelwa ukuba yabulala abantu abangama-2,975 yaza yabangela umonakalo ongange-100 lezigidi zeerandi.
