Guta reMayagüez rakapotsa raparadzwazve musi waOctober 11, 1918, nokudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami
. Zvikamu zvikuru zveguta racho zvaifanira kuvakwazve, kubatanidza U.S. Customs House neMayagüez City Hall (dzimbahwe idzva rakawedzerwa, rakafanana nereNew York City Hall). Musi waJune 20, 1919 moto wakaparadza Teatro Yagüez, imba huru yemitambo yeguta racho, uchiuraya vanhu 92 (vamwe vanoti 150) vanhu. Teatro yakazovakwazve ndokugadziridzwa kaviri; zvino ndiyo theatre yeguta reMayagüez.