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 Aguada, PR
Date: March 17, 2023 03:26:18 UTC
March 16, 2023 23:26:18 Hora Local
Region: Septentrional Fault Zone
Distances: 99.46 Km Northeast of Punta Cana,DR
105.82 Km North-Northwest of Desecheo,PR
142.07 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 4.41 Md
Location: Latitude: 19.2768 Longitude: -67.8263
Depth: 96 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-03-17 00:16:36
ID: 20230317032621

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 16, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 23:26:18
LATITUDE: 19.2768 N
LONGITUDE: 67.8263 W
LOCATION: 99.5 Km Northeast of Punta Cana,DR
142.1 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 96 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.41 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Aguada, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-03-17 00:16:45
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Central region of Puerto Rico and the Western region of Puerto Rico 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                            
2023-03-17  0326 18.31  19 16.61   67 49.58  96.86  0.58  4.97  7.42        4.41  4.41D 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                         
  40   40 102.6  PR1  252  12  20  33  13  36     Q  PPK   0.00  0.00     17.00  0.10 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.41  17.00  0.10 Z        4.41  17.00  0.10 D                                                

REGION= Septentrional Fault Zone                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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  A102.6 215 131 IPD    37.48 19.17 18.88 0.00  0.29  1.95     0.562 0.55 183   4.36 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A102.6 215 131 ES  1  51.31 33.00 33.61 0.00 -0.61* 0.98S    0.391                                        
IMPR PR HHZ  A133.3 185 123 EP+ 1  39.76 21.45 21.97 0.00 -0.52* 0.98     0.108 0.55 140   4.15 Z                      
IMPR PR HH2  A133.3 185 123 ES  1  56.58 38.27 39.11 0.00 -0.84* 0.98S    0.232                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A137.5 148 122 EP- 1  39.77 21.46 22.42 0.00 -0.96* 0.98     0.029 0.55 182   4.40 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A137.5 148 122 ES  1  58.37 40.06 39.91 0.00  0.15  0.98S    0.125                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A144.8 147 121 EP+ 1  40.54 22.23 23.20 0.00 -0.97* 0.98     0.031 0.58 213   4.53 Z                      
LSP  PR HH2  A144.8 147 121 ES  1  59.82 41.51 41.30 0.00  0.21  0.98S    0.110                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A152.9 132 119 EP- 3  41.11 22.80 24.09 0.00 -1.29* 0.19     0.001 0.55 278   4.80 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A152.9 132 119 ES  3  58.35 40.04 42.88 0.00 -2.84* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A159.7 151 118 EP- 1  42.61 24.30 24.83 0.00 -0.53* 0.98     0.057 0.55 179   4.41 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A159.7 151 118 ES  1  62.74 44.43 44.20 0.00  0.23  0.98S    0.127                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A162.6 134 118 EP- 1  42.63 24.32 25.16 0.00 -0.84* 0.98     0.035 0.55 185   4.44 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A162.6 134 118 ES  1  65.60 47.29 44.78 0.00  2.51* 0.00S    0.000                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A162.8 122 118 EP+ 1  44.04 25.73 25.18 0.00  0.55* 0.98     0.087 0.55 180   4.42 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A162.8 122 118 ES  1  63.05 44.74 44.82 0.00 -0.08  0.98S    0.344                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A166.6 150 117 EP- 1  44.92 26.61 25.60 0.00  1.01* 0.98     0.065 0.55 129   4.12 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A166.6 150 117 ES  1  63.75 45.44 45.57 0.00 -0.13  0.98S    0.138                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A175.4 145 116 IPU    45.77 27.46 26.59 0.00  0.87* 1.95     0.239 0.58 246   4.69 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A175.4 145 116 ES  1  65.46 47.15 47.33 0.00 -0.18  0.98S    0.120                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A187.1 135 114 EP- 1  46.03 27.72 27.94 0.00 -0.22  0.98     0.044 0.55 156   4.31 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A187.1 135 114 ES  1  67.40 49.09 49.73 0.00 -0.64* 0.98S    0.089                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A187.2 124 114 EP+ 1  45.90 27.59 27.95 0.00 -0.36  0.98     0.053 0.55 179   4.44 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A187.2 124 114 ES  1  68.83 50.52 49.75 0.00  0.77* 0.98S    0.169                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A187.7 136 114 EP- 1  46.22 27.91 28.00 0.00 -0.09  0.98     0.046 0.87 174   4.21 Z                      
OBIP PR BHE  A187.7 136 114 ES  1  66.66 48.35 49.84 0.00 -1.49* 0.56S    0.030                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A212.7 119 111 EP+ 1  48.59 30.28 30.91 0.00 -0.63* 0.98     0.065 0.55 180   4.47 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A212.7 119 111 ES  3  76.00 57.69 55.02 0.00  2.67* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A218.9 125 111 EP+ 1  49.99 31.68 31.63 0.00  0.05  0.98     0.052 0.73 171   4.31 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A218.9 125 111 ES  1  74.93 56.62 56.30 0.00  0.32  0.98S    0.099                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A232.4 128 110 EP+ 1  51.64 33.33 33.23 0.00  0.10  0.98     0.063 0.55 149   4.32 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A232.4 128 110 ES  1  77.18 58.87 59.15 0.00 -0.28  0.98S    0.095                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A257.2 116 108 EP- 1  54.54 36.23 36.20 0.00  0.03  0.98     0.073                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A288.9 111 106 EP- 1  57.81 39.50 40.03 0.00 -0.53* 0.98     0.091 0.55 228   4.77 Z                      
STVI PR HHZ  A319.5 108 104 EP+ 1  61.93 43.62 43.76 0.00 -0.14  0.98     0.104                                        
SJVI PR HHZ  A338.7 107 103 EP- 1  63.65 45.34 46.12 0.00 -0.78* 0.98     0.109                                        
   4 UNWEIGHTED STATIONS NOT PRINTED.                                                                                  

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