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 St. Jhon, USVI
Date: January 27, 2023 11:06:54 UTC
January 27, 2023 07:06:54 Hora Local
Region: Virgin Islands Platform
Distances: 5.49 Km North-Northeast of Anegada,BVI
34.05 Km North-Northeast of Virgin Gorda,BVI
195.76 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 4.6 Ml
Location: Latitude: 18.7795 Longitude: -64.3253
Depth: 33 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-01-27 07:52:17
ID: 20230127110651

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-01-27 07:52:32 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 27, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 07:06:54
LATITUDE: 18.7795 N
LONGITUDE: 64.3253 W
LOCATION: 5.5 Km North-Northeast of Anegada,BVI
195.8 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 33 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.6 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in St. Jhon, USVI
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-01-27 07:52:32
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands 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                            
2023-01-27  1106 54.63  18 46.77   64 19.52  33.86  0.46  2.76  9.97        4.36  4.36D 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                         
  42   42  81.7  PR1  217  15  21  38  17  42     Q  PPM   0.00  0.00     13.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.36  13.00  0.08 Z        4.36  13.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Virgin Islands Platform  
EB=4.6, PTWC 4.4, NEIC 4.5                                                                                      
                                                                                                                       
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  
STVI PR HHZ  A 81.7 235 103 IPD    67.00 12.37 12.63 0.00 -0.26  2.15     0.439 0.55 171   4.15 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A 81.7 235 103 ES  1  77.58 22.95 22.48 0.00  0.47  1.08S    0.395                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A113.8 243  99 EP- 1  71.08 16.45 16.61 0.00 -0.16  1.08     0.039 0.55 159   4.12 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A113.8 243  99 ES  1  84.26 29.63 29.57 0.00  0.06  1.08S    0.143                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A150.1 240  96 EP- 1  75.88 21.25 21.16 0.00  0.09  1.08     0.032 0.55 179   4.27 Z                      
MTP  PR HH2  A150.1 240  96 ES  1  91.77 37.14 37.66 0.00 -0.52* 1.08S    0.185                                        
SMRT NA BHZ  A154.8 121  96 EP- 1  76.25 21.62 21.77 0.00 -0.15  1.08     0.195                                        
SMRT NA BHN  A154.8 121  96 ES  1  93.59 38.96 38.75 0.00  0.21  1.08S    0.352                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A175.7 247  95 EP+ 1  78.81 24.18 24.40 0.00 -0.22  1.08     0.030 0.55 138   4.06 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A175.7 247  95 ES  1  98.50 43.87 43.43 0.00  0.44  1.08S    0.107                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A192.8 255  94 EP+ 1  80.65 26.02 26.55 0.00 -0.53* 1.08     0.045 0.55 145   4.12 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A192.8 255  94 ES  1 100.05 45.42 47.26 0.00 -1.84* 0.14S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A206.5 250  94 EP+ 1  83.04 28.41 28.28 0.00  0.13  1.08     0.035                                        
SJG  IU BH1  A206.5 250  94 ES  1 106.83 52.20 50.34 0.00  1.86* 0.10S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A208.8 245  94 EP+ 1  83.90 29.27 28.56 0.00  0.71* 1.08     0.040                                        
IGPR PR HH1  A208.8 245  94 ES  1 105.57 50.94 50.84 0.00  0.10  1.08S    0.174                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A221.1 257  94 EP+ 1  84.28 29.65 30.12 0.00 -0.47  1.08     0.051 0.55 194   4.42 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A221.1 257  94 ES  1 108.10 53.47 53.61 0.00 -0.14  1.08S    0.052                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A235.0 263  93 EP+ 1  86.77 32.14 31.88 0.00  0.26  1.08     0.085 0.55 173   4.33 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A235.0 263  93 ES  1 112.54 57.91 56.75 0.00  1.16* 1.08S    0.075                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A250.6 253  93 EP+ 1  88.59 33.96 33.85 0.00  0.11  1.08     0.042 0.55 189   4.43 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A250.6 253  93 ES  1 115.31 60.68 60.25 0.00  0.43  1.08S    0.085                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A259.6 258  93 EP+ 1  90.13 35.50 34.99 0.00  0.51* 1.08     0.055                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A259.6 258  93 ES  1 116.56 61.93 62.28 0.00 -0.35  1.08S    0.056                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A260.9 260  93 EP+ 1  89.77 35.14 35.15 0.00 -0.01  1.08     0.063 0.55 188   4.44 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A260.9 260  93 ES  1 115.15 60.52 62.57 0.00 -2.05* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A284.3 253  93 EP+ 1  93.81 39.18 38.11 0.00  1.07* 1.08     0.046 0.58 172   4.36 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A284.3 253  93 ES  1 125.13 70.50 67.84 0.00  2.66* 0.00S    0.000                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A296.1 264  92 EP+ 1  93.90 39.27 39.60 0.00 -0.33  1.07     0.086 0.55 170   4.38 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A296.1 264  92 ES  1 122.24 67.61 70.49 0.00 -2.88* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A301.1 254  92 EP+ 1  95.10 40.47 40.23 0.00  0.24  1.07     0.047                                        
MLPR PR HH1  A301.1 254  92 ES  1 126.63 72.00 71.61 0.00  0.39  1.07S    0.095                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A304.3 259  92 EP+ 1  95.53 40.90 40.64 0.00  0.26  1.07     0.058                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A304.3 259  92 ES  1 125.84 71.21 72.34 0.00 -1.13* 1.07S    0.060                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A306.5 255  92 EP+ 1  95.74 41.11 40.92 0.00  0.19  1.06     0.048 0.55 194   4.52 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A306.5 255  92 ES  1 127.02 72.39 72.84 0.00 -0.45  1.06S    0.085                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A334.6 264  92 EP+ 1  99.16 44.53 44.47 0.00  0.06  1.00     0.073 0.58 173   4.42 Z                      
IDE  PR EHN  A334.6 264  92 ES  1 133.14 78.51 79.16 0.00 -0.65* 1.00S    0.062                                        
ABD  WI BHZ  A394.8 129  92 EP+ 1 106.13 51.50 52.09 0.00 -0.59* 0.74     0.106                                        
ABD  WI BHN  A394.8 129  92 ES  1 147.07 92.44 92.72 0.00 -0.28  0.74S    0.288                                        
DSD  WI BHZ  A441.0 127  91 EP+ 1 112.36 57.73 57.94 0.00 -0.21  0.47     0.042                                        
DSD  WI BHN  A441.0 127  91 ES  1 157.34102.71103.13 0.00 -0.42  0.47S    0.110                                        

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