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 Añasco, PR
Date: March 04, 2023 05:21:53 UTC
March 04, 2023 01:21:53 Hora Local
Region: Eastern Dominican Republic
Distances: 40.01 Km East of Punta Cana,DR
53.49 Km East-Northeast of Higüey,DR
135.89 Km West-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 4.40 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.7546 Longitude: -68.2101
Depth: 94 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-03-04 02:33:15
ID: 20230304052151

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 04, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 01:21:53
LATITUDE: 18.7546 N
LONGITUDE: 68.2101 W
LOCATION: 40 Km East of Punta Cana,DR
135.9 Km West-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 94 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.40 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Añasco, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-03-04 02:33:25
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in Adjuntas and Añasco 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                            
2023-03-04  0521 53.31  18 45.28   68 12.61  94.95  0.45  2.98  2.31        4.40  4.40D 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                         
  47   47  32.1  PR1  158  12  23  17   6  39     Q  PPK   0.00  0.00     19.00  0.17 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.40  19.00  0.17 Z        4.40  19.00  0.17 D                                                

REGION= Eastern Dominican Republic                                                                                     
                                                                                                                       
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  
PCDR PR BHZ  A 32.1 215 160 IPD    66.34 13.03 13.51 0.00 -0.48  2.48     0.464 0.55 217   4.40 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A 32.1 215 160 ES  1  77.67 24.36 24.05 0.00  0.31  1.24S    0.607                                        
IMPR PR HHZ  A 80.6 158 137 EP+ 1  70.96 17.65 16.72 0.00  0.93* 1.22     0.271 0.55 194   4.39 Z                      
SMDR PR BHZ  A118.8 301 126 IPU    73.80 20.49 20.33 0.00  0.16  2.46     0.703 0.00 225   3.71 Z                      
SMDR PR BHE  A118.8 301 126 ES  1  89.62 36.31 36.19 0.00  0.12  1.23S    0.444                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A120.3 105 125 EP+ 1  73.05 19.74 20.48 0.00 -0.74* 1.22     0.146 0.55 281   4.77 Z                      
AGPR PR HH2  A120.3 105 125 ES  1  89.83 36.52 36.45 0.00  0.07  1.22S    0.503                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A127.3 117 124 EP+ 1  75.25 21.94 21.21 0.00  0.73* 1.19     0.132 0.55 182   4.38 Z                      
CRPR PR HHZ  A142.8 125 121 EP- 1  76.09 22.78 22.86 0.00 -0.08  1.03     0.142 0.55 194   4.46 Z                      
MLPR PR HHZ  A150.8 125 119 EP- 1  76.86 23.55 23.73 0.00 -0.18  0.91     0.121 0.55 217   4.57 Z                      
AOPR PR HHZ  A160.2 106 118 EP+ 1  77.77 24.46 24.78 0.00 -0.32  0.76     0.070 0.55 158   4.29 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A160.2 106 118 ES  1  97.49 44.18 44.11 0.00  0.07  0.76S    0.151                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A165.0 121 117 EP+ 3  80.23 26.92 25.32 0.00  1.60* 0.00     0.000 0.58 149   4.22 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A165.0 121 117 ES  3 101.61 48.30 45.07 0.00  3.23* 0.00S    0.000                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A166.9 109 117 EP- 1  78.79 25.48 25.52 0.00 -0.04  0.65     0.051 0.55 186   4.45 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A166.9 109 117 ES  1  99.56 46.25 45.43 0.00  0.82* 0.65S    0.092                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A180.0  99 115 EP+ 1  79.71 26.40 27.02 0.00 -0.62* 0.42     0.027 0.55 140   4.20 Z                      
EMPR PR HH2  A180.0  99 115 ES  1 101.25 47.94 48.10 0.00 -0.16  0.42S    0.066                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A186.9 114 114 EP- 3  82.89 29.58 27.81 0.00  1.77* 0.00     0.000 0.87 194   4.31 Z                      
OBIP PR BHN  A186.9 114 114 ES  3 104.22 50.91 49.50 0.00  1.41* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A188.0 113 114 EP- 3  82.45 29.14 27.94 0.00  1.20* 0.00     0.000 0.55 161   4.34 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A188.0 113 114 ES  3 104.73 51.42 49.73 0.00  1.69* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A200.9 103 112 EP- 1  82.29 28.98 29.44 0.00 -0.46  0.13     0.002                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A229.0 107 110 EP- 1  86.39 33.08 32.75 0.00  0.33  0.00     0.000                                        
SJG  IU BH1  A229.0 107 110 ES  3 113.25 59.94 58.29 0.00  1.65* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A229.9 102 109 EP- 1  85.48 32.17 32.86 0.00 -0.69* 0.00     0.000 0.55 152   4.33 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A229.9 102 109 ES  1 112.10 58.79 58.49 0.00  0.30  0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A238.9 111 109 EP- 1  88.12 34.81 33.93 0.00  0.88* 0.00     0.000 0.55 205   4.61 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A238.9 111 109 ES  3 116.07 62.76 60.40 0.00  2.36* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A258.5 104 107 EP- 1  88.87 35.56 36.29 0.00 -0.73* 0.00     0.000 0.55 261   4.86 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A258.5 104 107 ES  3 119.15 65.84 64.60 0.00  1.24* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A276.2 102 106 EP+ 1  91.50 38.19 38.43 0.00 -0.24  0.00     0.000                                        
FAPR PR HH1  A276.2 102 106 ES  1 120.79 67.48 68.41 0.00 -0.93* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A290.1 104 105 EP- 1  92.89 39.58 40.12 0.00 -0.54* 0.00     0.000 0.55 204   4.67 Z                      
CUPR PR HHZ  A313.1  98 104 EP+ 1  94.14 40.83 42.93 0.00 -2.10* 0.00     0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A346.5  96 103 EP- 1  98.43 45.12 47.03 0.00 -1.91* 0.00     0.000 0.55 194   4.68 Z                      
STVI PR HH2  A346.5  96 103 ES  1 135.97 82.66 83.71 0.00 -1.05* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJVI PR HHZ  A366.2  96 102 EP+ 1 100.69 47.38 49.46 0.00 -2.08* 0.00     0.000 0.55 215   4.81 Z                      
SJVI PR HH2  A366.2  96 102 ES  1 140.29 86.98 88.04 0.00 -1.06* 0.00S    0.000                                        
   8 UNWEIGHTED STATIONS NOT PRINTED.                                                                                  

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