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: January 05, 2023 03:09:57 UTC
January 04, 2023 23:09:57 Hora Local
Region: Southwest Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 10.96 Km Southwest of Lajas,PR
14.44 Km South-Southeast of Cabo Rojo,PR
29.84 Km South of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 2.22 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9357 Longitude: -67.1003
Depth: 10 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-01-05 01:22:31
ID: 20230105030957

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-01-05 01:22:39 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 04, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 23:09:57
LATITUDE: 17.9357 N
LONGITUDE: 67.1003 W
LOCATION: 11 Km Southwest of Lajas,PR
29.8 Km South of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 10 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.22 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 2023-01-05 01:22:39
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 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 
2023-01-05  0309 57.42  17 56.14   67  6.02  10.42  0.08  0.50  0.51        2.22  2.22D    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
  12   21   6.9  PR1  247      11  18  11  18     Q  A1               N       6 0.093 D  Y Y N

XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T
                                                    2.22      6 0.093 D

Event_ID= 71391018
Region= Southwest Region of Puerto Rico   
Comment= Revision: 2023-01-05T03:42:52.56

 STA NET COM LOC 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 00   A  6.9  57 139 IPU 0  59.74  2.32  2.33    0 -0.01 0.17  J   mr 0.55  24 1 2.10 Z
 MLPR PR HH2 00   A  6.9  57 139 ES? 1  01.91  4.49  4.15    0  0.34 0.00  J   mr          
 CRPR PR HHZ 00   A  7.8 352 135 IPU 0  59.87  2.45  2.42    0  0.03 0.17  J   mr 0.55  25 1 2.14 Z
 CRPR PR HH1 00   A  7.8 352 135 ES? 1  01.78  4.36  4.31    0  0.05 0.08  J   mr          
 PR01 GS HHZ 00   A 11.4  17 121 IPU 0  00.30  2.88  2.85    0  0.03 0.17  J   mr 0.87     
 PR01 GS HH1 00   A 11.4  17 121 ES? 1  02.43  5.01  5.07    0 -0.06 0.08  J   mr          
 CBR2 PR HNZ --   A 12.3 325 118 IPD 0  00.37  2.95  2.97    0 -0.02 0.17  J   mr          
 ISPR PR HNZ 00   A 17.2  18 107 EP? 2  01.17  3.75  3.68    0  0.07 0.03  J   mr          
 ISPR PR HN1 00   A 17.2  18 107 ES? 2  04.25  6.83  6.55    0  0.28 0.01  J   mr          
 SNG1 PR HNE --   A 18.7  22 105 ES? 1  04.49  7.07  6.96    0  0.11 0.08  J   mr          
 PR03 GS HHZ 00   A 22.2  49 101 IPD 0  01.75  4.33  4.44    0 -0.11 0.17  J   mr 0.87  24 1 2.20 Z
 PR03 GS HH1 00   A 22.2  49 101 ES? 1  05.12  7.70  7.90    0  -0.2 0.08  J   mr          
 HRM1 PR HNZ --   A 22.7 352 101 EPD 1  01.93  4.51  4.51    0     0 0.08  J   mr          
 GBPR PR HHZ 00   A 23.6  79 100 EPU 1  02.15  4.73  4.64    0  0.09 0.08  J   mr 0.87  29 1 2.35 Z
 GBPR PR HH2 00   A 23.6  79 100 ES? 1  05.86  8.44  8.26    0  0.18 0.08  J   mr          
  LSP PR HHZ 00   A 26.3   3  98 EPD 1  02.55  5.13  5.06    0  0.07 0.08  J   mr 0.87  25 1 2.24 Z
  LSP PR HH1 00   A 26.3   3  98 ES? 1  06.51  9.09  9.01    0  0.08 0.08  J   mr          
 CELP PR HHZ 00   A 56.6  74  66 EPU 1  07.54 10.12  9.73    0  0.39 0.00  J   mr 0.55     
 CELP PR HH1 00   A 56.6  74  66 ES? 1  14.83 17.41 17.32    0  0.09 0.08  J   mr          
 AOPR PR HHZ 00   A 57.7  38  66 EPU 1  07.32  9.90  9.88    0  0.02 0.08  J   mr 0.55  27 1 2.43 Z
 AOPR PR HH2 00   A 57.7  38  66 ES? 1  14.57 17.15 17.59    0 -0.44 0.00  J   mr          

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