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 Tortola, BVI
Date: January 31, 2023 23:50:22 UTC
January 31, 2023 19:50:22 Hora Local
Region: Virgin Islands Platform
Distances: 4.8 Km East of Road Town, Tortola,BVI
20.08 Km West-Southeast of Virgin Gorda,BVI
163.28 Km East of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 3.48 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.4166 Longitude: -64.5783
Depth: 5 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-01-31 20:29:24
ID: 20230131235025

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-01-31 20:29:29 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 31, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 19:50:22
LATITUDE: 18.4166 N
LONGITUDE: 64.5783 W
LOCATION: 4.8 Km East of Road Town, Tortola,BVI
163.3 Km East of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 5 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.48 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Tortola, BVI
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-01-31 20:29:29
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Tortola 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                            
2023-01-31  2350 22.84  18 25.00   64 34.70   5.00  0.66  3.96 31.61        3.48  3.48D II                             
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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                         
  21   21  40.6  PR1  290  14  10  12   6  21     Q- PPT   0.00  0.00      7.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.48   7.00  0.08 Z        3.48   7.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Virgin Islands Platform                                                                                        
                                                                                                                       
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 40.6 260  57 IPU    30.12  7.28  7.47 0.00 -0.19  2.24     0.459 0.55  88   3.48 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A 40.6 260  57 ES  1  35.25 12.41 13.30 0.00 -0.89* 1.12S    0.377                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A 75.4 261  50 EP+ 1  35.70 12.86 12.77 0.00  0.09  1.12     0.142 0.55  77   3.40 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A 75.4 261  50 ES  1  44.83 21.99 22.73 0.00 -0.74* 1.12S    0.257                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A 76.1 196  50 IPU    35.34 12.50 12.88 0.00 -0.38  2.24     0.696                                        
CDVI PR HH2  A 76.1 196  50 ES  1  46.47 23.63 22.93 0.00  0.70* 1.12S    0.631                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A108.9 252  44 EP+ 1  40.51 17.67 17.15 0.00  0.52* 1.12     0.125 0.55  85   3.53 Z                      
MTP  PR HH2  A108.9 252  44 ES  2  53.98 31.14 30.53 0.00  0.61* 0.45S    0.032                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A137.7 258  44 EP+ 1  45.46 22.62 20.79 0.00  1.83* 0.74     0.067 0.55  74   3.43 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A137.7 258  44 ES  1  61.13 38.29 37.01 0.00  1.28* 1.12S    0.177                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A159.5 266  44 EP+ 2  48.34 25.50 23.55 0.00  1.95* 0.18     0.005                                        
GCPR PR HH2  A159.5 266  44 ES  2  66.20 43.36 41.92 0.00  1.44* 0.43S    0.025                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A188.9 267  44 EP+ 2  53.02 30.18 27.27 0.00  2.91* 0.00     0.000 0.55  67   3.40 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A188.9 267  44 ES  2  73.61 50.77 48.54 0.00  2.23* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A215.0 261  44 EP+ 2  56.31 33.47 30.57 0.00  2.90* 0.00     0.000 0.55  90   3.70 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A215.0 261  44 ES  1  81.52 58.68 54.41 0.00  4.27* 0.00S    0.000                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A230.1 269  44 EP+ 3  60.08 37.24 32.48 0.00  4.76* 0.00     0.000 0.55  81   3.62 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A230.1 269  44 ES  3  84.35 61.51 57.81 0.00  3.70* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A248.3 260  44 EP+ 3  62.41 39.57 34.79 0.00  4.78* 0.00     0.000                                        
GBPR PR HH1  A248.3 260  44 ES  3  90.62 67.78 61.93 0.00  5.85* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CRPR PR HH1  A271.7 261  44 ES  3  96.87 74.03 67.18 0.00  6.85* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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