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 Guánica, PR
Date: February 26, 2023 00:08:00 UTC
February 25, 2023 20:08:00 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 3.74 Km South-Southeast of Guánica,PR
14.15 Km South-Southeast of Yauco,PR
33.29 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.49 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9593 Longitude: -66.8985
Depth: 7 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-02-25 20:53:31
ID: 20230226000756

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-02-25 20:53:37 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: February 25, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 20:08:00
LATITUDE: 17.9593 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8985 W
LOCATION: 3.7 Km South-Southeast of Guánica,PR
33.3 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 7 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.49 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-02-25 20:53:37
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Guánica 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                            
2023-02-26  0008  0.11  17 57.56   66 53.91   7.76  0.22  0.61  0.33        3.49  3.49D 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                         
  33   33   2.7  PR1  174  14  17  29  14  33     Q  PPI   0.00  0.00      8.00  0.21 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.49   8.00  0.21 Z        3.49   8.00  0.21 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  
GBPR PR HHZ  A  2.7  49 159 EP+ 1   1.63  1.52  1.60 0.00 -0.08  1.13     0.232 0.58  72   3.05 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A  2.7  49 159 ES  1   3.14  3.03  2.85 0.00  0.18  1.13S    0.548                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 15.5 275 112 EP+ 1   3.26  3.15  3.33 0.00 -0.18  1.13     0.157 0.55  66   3.07 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 15.5 275 112 ES  1   5.76  5.65  5.93 0.00 -0.28  1.13S    0.270                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 23.0 284  57 EP+ 1   4.39  4.28  4.49 0.00 -0.21  1.13     0.121 0.55  46   2.79 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 23.0 284  57 ES  1   7.82  7.71  7.99 0.00 -0.28  1.13S    0.241                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A 32.3  73  57 EP+ 1   5.55  5.44  5.93 0.00 -0.49  0.98     0.051 0.87 111   3.45 Z                      
OBIP PR BHE  A 32.3  73  57 ES  1  10.54 10.43 10.56 0.00 -0.13  1.13S    0.122                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 36.1  69  57 IPD     6.40  6.29  6.52 0.00 -0.23  2.25     0.246 0.55  95   3.53 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 36.1  69  57 ES  1  11.58 11.47 11.61 0.00 -0.14  1.13S    0.117                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 37.6  30  57 EP+ 1   6.97  6.86  6.74 0.00  0.12  1.13     0.056 0.55 111   3.68 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 37.6  30  57 ES  1  11.94 11.83 12.00 0.00 -0.17  1.13S    0.221                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 38.7 318  57 IPU     7.16  7.05  6.91 0.00  0.14  2.25     0.255                                        
PRSN PR HH1  A 38.7 318  57 ES  1  12.38 12.27 12.30 0.00 -0.03  1.13S    0.191                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 40.2 101  57 EP+ 1   7.38  7.27  7.15 0.00  0.12  1.13     0.160                                        
ICMP PR HH2  A 40.2 101  57 ES  1  13.03 12.92 12.73 0.00  0.19  1.13S    0.293                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 45.5  19  57 EP+ 1   8.22  8.11  7.96 0.00  0.15  1.13     0.062 0.55 112   3.71 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A 45.5  19  57 ES  1  14.03 13.92 14.17 0.00 -0.25  1.13S    0.257                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 69.3  54  50 EP+ 1  11.76 11.65 11.59 0.00  0.06  0.87     0.028                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 69.3  34  50 EP+ 1  12.04 11.93 11.60 0.00  0.33  0.86     0.027                                        
EMPR PR HH1  A 69.3  34  50 ES  1  21.16 21.05 20.65 0.00  0.40  0.86S    0.098                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 76.4 309  50 IPD    13.13 13.02 12.59 0.00  0.43  1.29     0.093                                        
IDE  PR EHE  A 76.4 309  50 ES  1  22.58 22.47 22.41 0.00  0.06  0.64S    0.058                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 81.0  77  50 EP- 1  13.34 13.23 13.25 0.00 -0.02  0.49     0.014 0.73 108   3.59 Z                      
SJG  IU BH2  A 81.0  77  50 ES  1  23.92 23.81 23.58 0.00  0.23  0.49S    0.026                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 83.9  89  44 EP+ 1  13.97 13.86 13.61 0.00  0.25  0.39     0.014                                        
IGPR PR HH1  A 83.9  89  44 ES  1  24.59 24.48 24.23 0.00  0.25  0.39S    0.026                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A 94.5  65  44 IPD    15.22 15.11 14.96 0.00  0.15  0.21     0.002                                        
GCPR PR HH1  A 94.5  65  44 ES  1  27.21 27.10 26.63 0.00  0.47  0.10S    0.001                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A143.3  83  44 EP+ 2  22.87 22.76 21.14 0.00  1.62* 0.00     0.000                                        
MTP  PR HH2  A143.3  83  44 ES  2  41.13 41.02 37.63 0.00  3.39* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A175.3  77  44 IPD    28.08 27.97 25.19 0.00  2.78* 0.00     0.000                                        
CUPR PR HH1  A175.3  77  44 ES  1  48.95 48.84 44.84 0.00  4.00* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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