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 San Juan, PR
Date: August 21, 2023 01:33:55 UTC
August 20, 2023 21:33:55 Hora Local
Region: Sombrero Seismic Zone
Distances: 53.09 Km North-Northwest of Anegada,BVI
78.93 Km North of Virgin Gorda,BVI
193.86 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 3.62 Md
Location: Latitude: 19.1936 Longitude: -64.4925
Depth: 52 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-08-20 23:24:48
ID: 20230821013350

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-08-20 23:24:54 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: August 20, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 21:33:55
LATITUDE: 19.1936 N
LONGITUDE: 64.4925 W
LOCATION: 53.1 Km North-Northwest of Anegada,BVI
193.9 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 52 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.62 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in San Juan, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-08-20 23:24:54
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in San Juan 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                            
2023-08-21  0133 55.34  19 11.62   64 29.55  52.54  0.37  7.55 16.74        3.62  3.62D III                                
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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                         
  17   17 105.2  PR1  323  12   9  15   7  17     Q  PPK   0.00  0.00      5.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.62   5.00  0.08 Z        3.62   5.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Sombrero Seismic 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  
STVI PR HHZ  A105.2 208 111 EP- 1  71.36 16.02 16.19 0.00 -0.17  1.00     0.316 0.55  70   3.40 Z                      
STVI PR HH2  A105.2 208 111 ES  1  84.25 28.91 28.82 0.00  0.09  1.00S    0.657                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A163.6 229 103 EP- 1  78.97 23.63 23.27 0.00  0.36  1.00     0.120                                        
FAPR PR HH1  A163.6 229 103 ES  1  96.34 41.00 41.42 0.00 -0.42  1.00S    0.168                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A165.0 223 103 EP+ 1  78.47 23.13 23.44 0.00 -0.31  1.00     0.228 0.55  76   3.54 Z                      
MTP  PR HH1  A165.0 223 103 ES  1  97.70 42.36 41.72 0.00  0.64* 1.00S    0.470                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A184.5 232 101 EP+ 1  80.86 25.52 25.84 0.00 -0.32  1.00     0.124                                        
HUMP PR HH1  A184.5 232 101 ES  1 100.92 45.58 46.00 0.00 -0.42  1.00S    0.178                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A194.3 240 100 EP+ 3  81.09 25.75 27.06 0.00 -1.31* 0.00     0.000                                        
GCPR PR HH2  A194.3 240 100 ES  3 101.85 46.51 48.17 0.00 -1.66* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A219.7 245  99 EP- 1  86.18 30.84 30.23 0.00  0.61* 1.00     0.245 0.55  79   3.64 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A219.7 245  99 ES  1 109.01 53.67 53.81 0.00 -0.14  1.00S    0.550                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A252.7 241  98 EP+ 1  89.10 33.76 34.35 0.00 -0.59* 1.00     0.142 0.55  90   3.79 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A252.7 241  98 ES  1 116.66 61.32 61.14 0.00  0.18  1.00S    0.211                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A301.6 244  96 EP+ 1  95.86 40.52 40.49 0.00  0.03  1.00     0.163                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A306.0 245  96 EP- 1  96.70 41.36 41.04 0.00  0.32  1.00     0.164 0.55  70   3.62 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A306.0 245  96 ES  1 128.49 73.15 73.05 0.00  0.10  1.00S    0.257                                        

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