[2] Puerto Rican geomorphologist José Molinelli considers it "the strongest" in the seismic history of the country.
[2][5] Apparently, the earthquake did not cause major damage in the South of the island, but did crack the walls of the Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Ponce.
[6] There are no historical records of damage to the surrounding islands, adding to the evidence that the quake was smaller than previously thought.
[1] The earthquake that struck the island has little historical record itself, but some of the little evidence that exists suggests that effects were done to the topography of the ocean floor.
Coastal regions of the island were swamped, producing a thin layer of the crust, showing that salt water had reached almost 2 miles inland.