No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Earthquake Information


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Aguada, PR
Date: May 14, 2022 21:42:39 UTC
May 14, 2022 17:42:39 Hora Local
Region: Western Puerto Rico
Distances: 17.66 Km South-Southeast of Desecheo,PR
21.02 Km West-Southeast of Rincón,PR
32.92 Km West of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.48 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.2413 Longitude: -67.4001
Depth: 79 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2022-05-14 18:29:41
ID: 20220514214240

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2022-05-14 18:29:46 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: May 14, 2022
LOCAL TIME: 17:42:39
LATITUDE: 18.2413 N
LONGITUDE: 67.4001 W
LOCATION: 17.7 Km South-Southeast of Desecheo,PR
32.9 Km West of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 79 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.48 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Aguada, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2022-05-14 18:29:46
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Aguada with a maximum intensity of II (Modified Mercalli Scale, MM). At the moment of generating this bulletin no damages has been reported and are not expected to occur

Based on magnitude, location and historic records the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a destructive tsunami to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.

Technical Information

YEAR MO DA  --ORIGIN--  --LAT N-  --LON W--  DEPTH   RMS   ERH   ERZ  XMAG  FMAG  PMAG  INT                            
2022-05-14  2142 39.45  18 14.48   67 24.01  79.90  0.13  0.79  0.53        3.48  3.48D II                             
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  50   50  17.4  PR1  207  19  25  32  15  50     Q  PPP   0.00  0.00     18.00  0.15 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.48  18.00  0.15 Z        3.48  18.00  0.15 D                                                

REGION= West of Puerto Rico                                                                                            
                                                                                                                       
STA NET COM CR DIST AZM  AN P/S WT   SEC (TOBS -TCAL -DLY  =RES)  WT   SR  INFO  CAL DUR-W-FMAG-T -AMP-U-PER-W-XMAG-T  
IDE  PR EHZ  A 17.4 337 166 EP+ 1  50.71 11.26 11.16 0.00  0.10  1.18     0.207 0.58  78   3.32 Z                      
IDE  PR EHE  A 17.4 337 166 ES  1  59.48 20.03 19.86 0.00  0.17  1.18S    0.453                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 27.2  95 160 EP+ 1  50.83 11.38 11.51 0.00 -0.13  1.18     0.066 0.55  69   3.29 Z                      
PRSN PR HH1  A 27.2  95 160 ES  1  59.94 20.49 20.49 0.00  0.00  1.18S    0.153                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 39.5  50 152 EP- 1  51.43 11.98 12.14 0.00 -0.16  1.18     0.144 0.55  56   3.18 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 39.5  50 152 ES  1  61.01 21.56 21.61 0.00 -0.05  1.18S    0.313                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 40.3 130 151 EP+ 1  51.56 12.11 12.19 0.00 -0.08  1.18     0.083 0.55  68   3.36 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 40.3 130 151 ES  1  61.24 21.79 21.70 0.00  0.09  1.18S    0.196                                        
PR01 GS HHZ  A 42.0 122 150 EP+ 1  51.63 12.18 12.29 0.00 -0.11  1.18     0.068                                        
PR01 GS HH2  A 42.0 122 150 ES  1  61.28 21.83 21.88 0.00 -0.05  1.18S    0.154                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 48.2 128 147 IPD    52.10 12.65 12.70 0.00 -0.05  2.35     0.329 0.55  86   3.58 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A 48.2 128 147 ES  1  61.83 22.38 22.61 0.00 -0.23  1.18S    0.182                                        
PR03 GS HHZ  A 52.6 111 144 EP- 1  52.51 13.06 13.01 0.00  0.05  1.18     0.060                                        
PR03 GS HH1  A 52.6 111 144 ES  1  63.07 23.62 23.16 0.00  0.46  0.00S    0.000                                        
PR05 GS HHZ  A 61.0 110 140 EP- 1  53.31 13.86 13.66 0.00  0.20  1.18     0.067                                        
PR05 GS HH2  A 61.0 110 140 ES  1  63.77 24.32 24.31 0.00  0.01  1.18S    0.116                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 62.5 118 139 EP- 1  53.27 13.82 13.78 0.00  0.04  1.18     0.075 0.58  74   3.44 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 62.5 118 139 ES  1  63.85 24.40 24.53 0.00 -0.13  1.18S    0.139                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 69.3  80 136 EP+ 1  53.60 14.15 14.35 0.00 -0.20  1.12     0.114 0.55  80   3.54 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A 69.3  80 136 ES  1  64.82 25.37 25.54 0.00 -0.17  1.12S    0.225                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 71.9  88 135 EP+ 1  54.18 14.73 14.58 0.00  0.15  1.09     0.092 0.55  72   3.45 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 71.9  88 135 ES  1  65.58 26.13 25.95 0.00  0.18  1.09S    0.169                                        
PR06 GS HHZ  A 74.4 105 134 EP- 1  54.42 14.97 14.80 0.00  0.17  1.04     0.067                                        
PR06 GS HH1  A 74.4 105 134 ES  1  65.68 26.23 26.34 0.00 -0.11  1.04S    0.109                                        
PR04 GS HHZ  A 82.5 110 131 EP- 1  55.07 15.62 15.56 0.00  0.06  0.85     0.051                                        
PR04 GS HH1  A 82.5 110 131 ES  1  67.46 28.01 27.70 0.00  0.31  0.65S    0.048                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A 86.8 104 129 EP+ 1  55.55 16.10 15.97 0.00  0.13  0.73     0.041                                        
OBIP PR BHE  A 86.8 104 129 ES  1  68.14 28.69 28.43 0.00  0.26  0.73S    0.066                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 88.8 101 129 EP+ 1  55.77 16.32 16.16 0.00  0.16  0.67     0.036 0.55  64   3.36 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 88.8 101 129 ES  1  68.44 28.99 28.76 0.00  0.23  0.67S    0.061                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 95.7  74 127 EP+ 1  56.09 16.64 16.84 0.00 -0.20  0.46     0.033 0.55  83   3.60 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A 95.7  74 127 ES  1  69.17 29.72 29.98 0.00 -0.26  0.46S    0.068                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A108.0 287 123 EP+ 1  57.17 17.72 18.12 0.00 -0.40  0.00     0.000 0.55  96   3.75 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A108.0 287 123 ES  1  72.14 32.69 32.25 0.00  0.44  0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A110.0  85 123 EP+ 1  57.52 18.07 18.33 0.00 -0.26  0.11     0.001 0.55  82   3.61 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A110.0  85 123 ES  1  71.45 32.00 32.63 0.00 -0.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A133.1  95 117 EP+ 1  60.50 21.05 20.85 0.00  0.20  0.00     0.000 0.73  82   3.51 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A133.1  95 117 ES  1  76.74 37.29 37.11 0.00  0.18  0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A140.3 102 116 EP+ 1  60.91 21.46 21.66 0.00 -0.20  0.00     0.000 0.55  86   3.68 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A140.3 102 116 ES  1  77.65 38.20 38.55 0.00 -0.35  0.00S    0.000                                        
SADR DR BHZ  A146.0 269 115 EP+ 1  61.87 22.42 22.31 0.00  0.11  0.00     0.000 0.00  86   2.83 Z                      
SADR DR BHE  A146.0 269 115 ES  1  79.32 39.87 39.71 0.00  0.16  0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A196.2  94 109 EP+ 1  68.21 28.76 28.19 0.00  0.57* 0.00     0.000 0.55 108   3.95 Z                      
MTP  PR HH1  A196.2  94 109 ES  1  89.61 50.16 50.18 0.00 -0.02  0.00S    0.000                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A217.8 287 107 EP- 2  69.90 30.45 30.79 0.00 -0.34  0.00     0.000 0.00 114   3.17 Z                      
HMDR DR BHN  A217.8 287 107 ES  2  92.58 53.13 54.81 0.00 -1.68* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHZ  A221.4 302 106 EP+ 2  71.72 32.27 31.23 0.00  1.04* 0.00     0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHE  A221.4 302 106 ES  2  96.37 56.92 55.59 0.00  1.33* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A224.1  87 106 EP+ 2  69.95 30.50 31.56 0.00 -1.06* 0.00     0.000 0.55  99   3.90 Z                      
CUPR PR HH2  A224.1  87 106 ES  2  93.17 53.72 56.18 0.00 -2.46* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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