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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Cabo Rojo, PR
Date: September 23, 2022 05:23:17 UTC
September 23, 2022 01:23:17 Hora Local
Region: Southern Puerto Rico
Distances: 17.28 Km South of Guánica,PR
26.23 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
39.19 Km Southwest of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 2.61 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.836 Longitude: -66.8831
Depth: 5 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2022-09-23 03:19:14
ID: 20220923052317

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2022-09-23 03:19:21 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: September 23, 2022
LOCAL TIME: 01:23:17
LATITUDE: 17.836 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8831 W
LOCATION: 17.3 Km South of Guánica,PR
39.2 Km Southwest of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 5 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.61 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Cabo Rojo, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2022-09-23 03:19:21
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this micro earthquake was reported as felt in Cabo Rojo with a maximum intensity of II (Modified Mercalli Scale, MM). At the moment of generating this bulletin no damages has been reported, but given the size and location this can not be ruled out

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                            
2022-09-23  0523 17.94  17 50.16   66 52.99   5.84  0.06  0.50  0.27        2.61  2.61D                                
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NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  13   13  15.4  PR1  264  19   7  11   5  13     Q  PPI   0.00  0.00      3.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         2.61   3.00  0.08 Z        2.61   3.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= South 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  
GBPR PR HHZ  A 15.4   1 105 IPU    21.19  3.25  3.20 0.00  0.05  1.82     0.418 0.58  46   2.72 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A 15.4   1 105 ES  1  23.59  5.65  5.70 0.00 -0.05  0.91S    0.371                                        
PR02 GS HHZ  A 23.0  31  99 IPU    22.46  4.52  4.55 0.00 -0.03  1.82     0.584                                        
PR03 GS HHZ  A 26.2 348  98 EP+ 1  22.76  4.82  5.13 0.00 -0.31  0.00     0.000 0.55  37   2.61 Z                      
PR03 GS HH2  A 26.2 348  98 ES  1  27.18  9.24  9.13 0.00  0.11  0.91S    0.414                                        
PR01 GS HHZ  A 29.4 319  57 IPU    23.66  5.72  5.67 0.00  0.05  1.82     0.537                                        
PR01 GS HH1  A 29.4 319  57 ES  1  27.73  9.79 10.09 0.00 -0.30  0.00S    0.000                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 30.5 309  57 EP+ 1  23.73  5.79  5.84 0.00 -0.05  0.91     0.182 0.55  33   2.53 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 30.5 309  57 ES  1  28.20 10.26 10.40 0.00 -0.14  0.91S    0.375                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 58.2  13  57 EP- 1  28.02 10.08 10.09 0.00 -0.01  0.89     0.121                                        
AOPR PR HH1  A 58.2  13  57 ES  1  35.87 17.93 17.96 0.00 -0.03  0.89S    0.567                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 76.7  45  50 EP+ 1  30.84 12.90 12.86 0.00  0.04  0.56     0.119                                        
ECPR PR HH2  A 76.7  45  50 ES  1  41.01 23.07 22.89 0.00  0.18  0.56S    0.308                                        

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