No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Earthquake Information


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: IV in Guánica, PR
Date: October 07, 2023 19:52:47 UTC
October 07, 2023 15:52:47 Hora Local
Region: Southern Puerto Rico
Distances: 8.19 Km South of Guánica,PR
17.87 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
36.67 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 4.01 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9158 Longitude: -66.9118
Depth: 8 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-10-07 16:23:17
ID: 20231007195246

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-10-07 16:23:26 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: October 07, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 15:52:47
LATITUDE: 17.9158 N
LONGITUDE: 66.9118 W
LOCATION: 8.2 Km South of Guánica,PR
36.7 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 8 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.01 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-10-07 16:23:26
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Northern region of Puerto Rico, the Western region of Puerto Rico and the Southern region of Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of IV (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                            
2023-10-07  1952 47.41  17 54.95   66 54.71   8.28  0.09  0.46  1.77        4.01  4.01D IV                             
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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                         
  29   29  15.2  PR1  219  16  14  15   7  29     Q  PPP   0.00  0.00     10.00  0.13 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.01  10.00  0.13 Z        4.01  10.00  0.13 D                                                

REGION= South of 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  
MLPR PR HHZ  A 15.2 293  93 IPU    50.68  3.27  3.28 0.00 -0.01  1.88     0.363 0.55  91   3.36 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 15.2 293  93 ES  1  53.47  6.06  5.84 0.00  0.22  0.94S    0.142                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 23.2 296  91 IPU    51.83  4.42  4.51 0.00 -0.09  1.88     0.305 0.55 132   3.75 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 23.2 296  91 ES  1  55.42  8.01  8.03 0.00 -0.02  0.94S    0.126                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 34.2 328  90 EP+ 1  53.65  6.24  6.19 0.00  0.05  0.94     0.040                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 34.2 328  90 ES  1  58.44 11.03 11.02 0.00  0.01  0.94S    0.201                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 39.4  63  90 IPU    54.42  7.01  6.99 0.00  0.02  1.88     0.772 0.55 175   4.11 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 39.4  63  90 ES  1  60.25 12.84 12.44 0.00  0.40  0.00S    0.000                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 41.5 324  90 IPU    54.68  7.27  7.32 0.00 -0.05  1.88     0.160 0.55 123   3.79 Z                      
PRSN PR HH1  A 41.5 324  90 ES  1  60.65 13.24 13.03 0.00  0.21  0.94S    0.183                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A 42.5  28  90 ES  1  60.51 13.10 13.30 0.00 -0.20  0.94S    0.353                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 64.6 341  90 IPU    58.32 10.91 10.87 0.00  0.04  1.68     0.157 0.55 155   4.03 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 64.6 341  90 ES  1  66.81 19.40 19.35 0.00  0.05  0.84S    0.209                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 74.1  33  66 IPU    60.17 12.76 12.23 0.00  0.53* 0.00     0.000 0.55 174   4.14 Z                      
EMPR PR HH2  A 74.1  33  66 ES  1  69.71 22.30 21.77 0.00  0.53* 0.00S    0.000                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 78.4 312  66 EP+ 1  60.17 12.76 12.83 0.00 -0.07  0.51     0.215 0.58 133   3.88 Z                      
IDE  PR EHN  A 78.4 312  66 ES  1  69.80 22.39 22.84 0.00 -0.45  0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 83.5  74  55 EP- 1  61.02 13.61 13.51 0.00  0.10  0.37     0.192                                        
SJG  IU BH1  A 83.5  74  55 ES  1  71.67 24.26 24.05 0.00  0.21  0.37S    0.564                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A 97.9  63  55 EP- 1  62.88 15.47 15.33 0.00  0.14  0.06     0.005 0.55 153   4.05 Z                      
GCPR PR HH2  A 97.9  63  55 ES  1  74.98 27.57 27.29 0.00  0.28  0.04S    0.005                                        
IMPR PR HHZ  A109.4 280  55 EP+ 1  64.65 17.24 16.79 0.00  0.45  0.00     0.000                                        
IMPR PR HH2  A109.4 280  55 ES  1  77.93 30.52 29.89 0.00  0.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A115.3  77  55 IPU    65.56 18.15 17.54 0.00  0.61* 0.00     0.000 0.55 164   4.13 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A115.3  77  55 ES  1  77.87 30.46 31.22 0.00 -0.76* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A145.3  81  55 EP+ 2  70.27 22.86 21.34 0.00  1.52* 0.00     0.000 0.55 135   3.99 Z                      
MTP  PR HH2  A145.3  81  55 ES  2  87.52 40.11 37.99 0.00  2.12* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A212.5  76  55 EP+ 2  79.93 32.52 29.84 0.00  2.68* 0.00     0.000                                        
STVI PR HH1  A212.5  76  55 ES  2 104.01 56.60 53.12 0.00  3.48* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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