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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: III in Lajas, PR
Date: October 03, 2022 22:08:59 UTC
October 03, 2022 18:08:59 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 7.56 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
8.53 Km West-Southeast of Guánica,PR
28.87 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.35 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9711 Longitude: -66.9876
Depth: 8 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2022-10-03 18:28:25
ID: 20221003220859

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: October 03, 2022
LOCAL TIME: 18:08:59
LATITUDE: 17.9711 N
LONGITUDE: 66.9876 W
LOCATION: 7.6 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
28.9 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 8 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.35 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Lajas, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2022-10-03 18:28:30
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Southern region of Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of III (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                            
2022-10-03  2208 59.77  17 58.27   66 59.26   8.99  0.21  0.42  0.69        3.35  3.35D III                            
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  44   44   6.0  PR1  169  16  22  33  15  44     Q  PPT   0.00  0.00     21.00  0.18 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.35  21.00  0.18 Z        3.35  21.00  0.18 D                                                

REGION= Southern 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  
MLPR PR HHZ  A  6.0 269 137 EP+ 1  61.68  1.91  2.05 0.00 -0.14  1.16     0.163 0.55  70   3.07 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A  6.0 269 137 ES  1  63.54  3.77  3.65 0.00  0.12  1.16S    0.385                                        
PR01 GS HHZ  A 11.0 310 113 EP+ 1  62.31  2.54  2.68 0.00 -0.14  1.16     0.075 0.55  79   3.21 Z                      
PR01 GS HH1  A 11.0 310 113 ES  1  64.46  4.69  4.77 0.00 -0.08  1.16S    0.175                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 11.5  87 111 EP- 1  62.37  2.60  2.74 0.00 -0.14  1.16     0.081 0.58  49   2.75 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 11.5  87 111 ES  1  64.83  5.06  4.88 0.00  0.18  1.16S    0.188                                        
PR03 GS HHZ  A 11.8  26 110 EP- 1  62.49  2.72  2.79 0.00 -0.07  1.16     0.056 0.55  57   2.92 Z                      
PR03 GS HH1  A 11.8  26 110 ES  1  64.87  5.10  4.97 0.00  0.13  1.16S    0.289                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 13.5 287 105 EP+ 1  62.57  2.80  3.04 0.00 -0.24  1.16     0.126 0.55  65   3.05 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 13.5 287 105 ES  1  65.03  5.26  5.41 0.00 -0.15  1.16S    0.180                                        
PR05 GS HHZ  A 15.9  58 100 EP- 1  63.11  3.34  3.39 0.00 -0.05  1.16     0.042 0.55  60   2.99 Z                      
PR05 GS HH1  A 15.9  58 100 ES  1  66.66  6.89  6.03 0.00  0.86* 0.00S    0.000                                        
PR02 GS HHZ  A 23.5  78  94 EP- 1  64.18  4.41  4.56 0.00 -0.15  1.16     0.065                                        
PR02 GS HH1  A 23.5  78  94 ES  1  68.25  8.48  8.12 0.00  0.36  1.16S    0.098                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 31.9 329  92 EP+ 1  65.70  5.93  5.85 0.00  0.08  1.16     0.075 0.55  45   2.82 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 31.9 329  92 ES  1  70.69 10.92 10.41 0.00  0.51* 0.93S    0.105                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A 41.2  78  91 EP- 1  66.82  7.05  7.28 0.00 -0.23  1.16     0.069 0.87  83   3.23 Z                      
OBIP PR BHE  A 41.2  78  91 ES  1  72.53 12.76 12.96 0.00 -0.20  1.16S    0.097                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 42.1  42  91 EP- 1  67.09  7.32  7.42 0.00 -0.10  1.16     0.044 0.55  82   3.42 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 42.1  42  91 ES  1  72.69 12.92 13.21 0.00 -0.29  1.16S    0.148                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 44.8  75  91 EP- 1  67.32  7.55  7.83 0.00 -0.28  1.16     0.064 0.55  91   3.52 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 44.8  75  91 ES  1  73.82 14.05 13.94 0.00  0.11  1.16S    0.095                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 48.4  30  91 EP- 1  68.14  8.37  8.38 0.00 -0.01  1.16     0.048 0.55  82   3.43 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A 48.4  30  91 ES  1  74.32 14.55 14.92 0.00 -0.37  1.16S    0.178                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 49.7 100  91 EP- 1  68.53  8.76  8.59 0.00  0.17  1.16     0.131 0.55  48   2.94 Z                      
ICMP PR HH2  A 49.7 100  91 ES  1  75.35 15.58 15.29 0.00  0.29  1.16S    0.178                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 56.5 347  91 EP+ 1  69.53  9.76  9.63 0.00  0.13  1.14     0.064 0.55  75   3.36 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 56.5 347  91 ES  1  77.04 17.27 17.14 0.00  0.13  1.14S    0.187                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 68.3 313  66 EP+ 1  71.07 11.30 11.37 0.00 -0.07  0.92     0.145 0.58  73   3.32 Z                      
IDE  PR EHN  A 68.3 313  66 ES  1  80.30 20.53 20.24 0.00  0.29  0.92S    0.271                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 74.1  40  66 EP- 1  72.45 12.68 12.18 0.00  0.50  0.62     0.037 0.55  75   3.38 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A 74.1  40  66 ES  1  82.16 22.39 21.68 0.00  0.71* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 76.5  59  66 EP- 1  72.17 12.40 12.52 0.00 -0.12  0.66     0.045 0.55 104   3.68 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A 76.5  59  66 ES  1  81.84 22.07 22.29 0.00 -0.22  0.66S    0.079                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 93.3  90  55 EP+ 1  74.75 14.98 14.69 0.00  0.29  0.14     0.004 0.55  71   3.35 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A 93.3  90  55 ES  1  87.42 27.65 26.15 0.00  1.50* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A102.7  68  55 EP+ 1  76.24 16.47 15.88 0.00  0.59* 0.00     0.000 0.55  83   3.50 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A102.7  68  55 ES  1  88.44 28.67 28.27 0.00  0.40  0.01S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A122.1  80  55 EP+ 1  79.05 19.28 18.33 0.00  0.95* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.53 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A122.1  80  55 ES  1  94.04 34.27 32.63 0.00  1.64* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A152.6  84  55 EP+ 1  83.68 23.91 22.19 0.00  1.72* 0.00     0.000 0.55  98   3.71 Z                      
MTP  PR HH1  A152.6  84  55 ES  2 102.31 42.54 39.50 0.00  3.04* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A184.3  78  55 EP+ 1  88.70 28.93 26.20 0.00  2.73* 0.00     0.000 0.55  91   3.67 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A184.3  78  55 ES  2 109.66 49.89 46.64 0.00  3.25* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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