Major earthquakes shook the southwestern part of the island during my last visit there. On January 6, 2020, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit. This was my first terrifying experience of a quake.

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The event knocked out power, left 300,000 people without water, and destroyed dozens of homes and structures. The island has not fully recovered from “Maria,” the category 5 hurricane, that struck in September 2017.