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 Jayuya, PR
Date: May 14, 2023 01:39:24 UTC
May 13, 2023 21:39:24 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 6.67 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
7.73 Km West of Juana Diaz,PR
6.67 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.34 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.0508 Longitude: -66.5633
Depth: 18 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-05-13 22:11:17
ID: 20230514013923

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: May 13, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 21:39:24
LATITUDE: 18.0508 N
LONGITUDE: 66.5633 W
LOCATION: 7.7 Km West of Juana Diaz,PR
6.7 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 18 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.34 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Jayuya, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-05-13 22:11:25
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Jayuya 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                            
2023-05-14  0139 24.33  18  3.05   66 33.80  18.34  0.23  0.56  0.40        3.34  3.34D 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                         
  36   36   3.1  PR1  156  16  18  26  13  36     Q  PP0   0.00  0.00     15.00  0.13 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.34  15.00  0.13 Z        3.34  15.00  0.13 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  
CELP PR HHZ  A  3.1 328 168 EP- 1  27.51  3.18  3.13 0.00  0.05  1.10     0.117 0.55  66   3.00 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A  3.1 328 168 ES  1  29.94  5.61  5.57 0.00  0.04  1.10S    0.259                                        
OBIP PR BHZ  A  4.6 260 163 EP- 1  27.66  3.33  3.18 0.00  0.15  1.10     0.131                                        
OBIP PR BHE  A  4.6 260 163 ES  1  30.03  5.70  5.66 0.00  0.04  1.10S    0.292                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 27.8 324 111 EP+ 1  29.75  5.42  5.50 0.00 -0.08  1.10     0.068 0.55  71   3.21 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 27.8 324 111 ES  1  33.68  9.35  9.79 0.00 -0.44  1.10S    0.194                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 34.5 256 105 EP+ 1  30.68  6.35  6.39 0.00 -0.04  1.10     0.100 0.58  74   3.27 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A 34.5 256 105 ES  1  35.90 11.57 11.37 0.00  0.20  1.10S    0.218                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 38.5 329 103 EP+ 1  31.31  6.98  6.93 0.00  0.05  1.10     0.074 0.55  83   3.42 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A 38.5 329 103 ES  1  36.16 11.83 12.34 0.00 -0.51* 1.05S    0.196                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 44.3  81 100 EP+ 1  32.09  7.76  7.73 0.00  0.03  1.10     0.172 0.73  72   3.18 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A 44.3  81 100 ES  1  37.34 13.01 13.76 0.00 -0.75* 0.00S    0.000                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 47.3   4  99 EP+ 1  32.74  8.41  8.15 0.00  0.26  1.10     0.115 0.55  59   3.13 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A 47.3   4  99 ES  1  39.21 14.88 14.51 0.00  0.37  1.10S    0.315                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 49.3 100  63 EP+ 1  32.85  8.52  8.41 0.00  0.11  1.10     0.209 0.55  63   3.19 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A 49.3 100  63 ES  1  39.10 14.77 14.97 0.00 -0.20  1.10S    0.409                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 51.7 261  63 EP- 1  32.97  8.64  8.72 0.00 -0.08  1.10     0.089 0.55  78   3.39 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 51.7 261  63 ES  1  39.44 15.11 15.52 0.00 -0.41  1.10S    0.180                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 57.0 285  63 EP+ 1  33.64  9.31  9.39 0.00 -0.08  1.08     0.065 0.58  76   3.35 Z                      
LSP  PR HH2  A 57.0 285  63 ES  1  41.33 17.00 16.71 0.00  0.29  1.08S    0.145                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 58.1 266  63 EP- 1  33.90  9.57  9.52 0.00  0.05  1.07     0.078 0.55  87   3.49 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 58.1 266  63 ES  1  41.16 16.83 16.95 0.00 -0.12  1.07S    0.158                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 64.2 287  63 EP- 1  34.61 10.28 10.30 0.00 -0.02  0.97     0.052                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A 64.2 287  63 ES  1  42.84 18.51 18.33 0.00  0.18  0.97S    0.118                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 74.0 309  63 EP- 1  36.34 12.01 11.55 0.00  0.46  0.70     0.030 0.55  72   3.34 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 74.0 309  63 ES  1  45.26 20.93 20.56 0.00  0.37  0.70S    0.080                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A 76.3  82  63 EP+ 1  36.81 12.48 11.83 0.00  0.65* 0.08     0.001 0.55  72   3.34 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A 76.3  82  63 ES  1  45.32 20.99 21.06 0.00 -0.07  0.63S    0.125                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A102.5 292  63 EP- 1  40.53 16.20 15.14 0.00  1.06* 0.00     0.000 0.58  64   3.24 Z                      
IDE  PR EHN  A102.5 292  63 ES  1  52.25 27.92 26.95 0.00  0.97* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A107.1  87  63 EP- 1  41.74 17.41 15.73 0.00  1.68* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.52 Z                      
MTP  PR HH1  A107.1  87  63 ES  1  53.50 29.17 28.00 0.00  1.17* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A138.5  77  63 EP- 1  46.02 21.69 19.70 0.00  1.99* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.55 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A138.5  77  63 ES  1  61.70 37.37 35.07 0.00  2.30* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJVI PR HHZ  A192.1  80  63 EP- 1  54.00 29.67 26.49 0.00  3.18* 0.00     0.000                                        
SJVI PR HH1  A192.1  80  63 ES  1  74.77 50.44 47.15 0.00  3.29* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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