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 Coamo, PR
Date: October 23, 2023 08:48:17 UTC
October 23, 2023 04:48:17 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 8.87 Km South-Southeast of Salinas,PR
11.75 Km East-Southeast of Santa Isabel,PR
38.44 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.55 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9488 Longitude: -66.293
Depth: 3 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-10-23 05:12:10
ID: 20231023084816

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: October 23, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 04:48:17
LATITUDE: 17.9488 N
LONGITUDE: 66.293 W
LOCATION: 8.9 Km South-Southeast of Salinas,PR
38.4 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 3 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.55 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Coamo, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-10-23 05:12:20
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Coamo with a maximum intensity of III (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                            
2023-10-23  0848 17.02  17 56.93   66 17.58   3.92  0.17  0.56  0.48        3.55  3.55D                                
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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                         
  26   26  19.8  PR1  188  21  13  18   8  26     Q# PP0   0.00  0.00     13.00  0.22 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.55  13.00  0.22 Z        3.55  13.00  0.22 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  
IGPR PR HHZ  A 19.8  84  94 EP- 1  21.21  4.19  3.94 0.00  0.25  0.86     0.276 0.55  75   3.21 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A 19.8  84  94 ES  1  23.95  6.93  7.01 0.00 -0.08  0.86S    0.449                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 33.4 295  92 IPU    23.37  6.35  6.40 0.00 -0.05  1.71     0.573 0.55  57   3.05 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 33.4 295  92 ES  1  28.32 11.30 11.39 0.00 -0.09  0.86S    0.322                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 41.6 350  57 IPU    24.83  7.81  7.73 0.00  0.08  1.71     0.226 0.55  74   3.33 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A 41.6 350  57 ES  1  30.73 13.71 13.76 0.00 -0.05  0.86S    0.309                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A 45.6  29  57 IPU    25.32  8.30  8.35 0.00 -0.05  1.71     0.325 0.55  79   3.39 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A 45.6  29  57 ES  1  31.42 14.40 14.86 0.00 -0.46  0.49S    0.100                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 56.4 307  57 IPU    26.79  9.77 10.00 0.00 -0.23  1.71     0.142 0.55  83   3.45 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 56.4 307  57 ES  1  34.06 17.04 17.80 0.00 -0.76* 0.00S    0.000                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 63.6 337  57 IPU    28.44 11.42 11.12 0.00  0.30  1.71     0.191 0.55  92   3.55 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A 63.6 337  57 ES  1  37.37 20.35 19.79 0.00  0.56* 0.01S    0.000                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 79.6 272  50 IPD    30.43 13.41 13.49 0.00 -0.08  1.62     0.359 0.55 121   3.82 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 79.6 272  50 ES  1  41.28 24.26 24.01 0.00  0.25  0.81S    0.180                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 86.7 275  44 EP+ 1  31.40 14.38 14.48 0.00 -0.10  0.73     0.072 0.55 100   3.65 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 86.7 275  44 ES  1  42.84 25.82 25.77 0.00  0.05  0.73S    0.166                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 87.6 287  44 EP+ 1  31.58 14.56 14.59 0.00 -0.03  0.72     0.048 0.58 107   3.69 Z                      
LSP  PR HH2  A 87.6 287  44 ES  1  43.08 26.06 25.97 0.00  0.09  0.72S    0.132                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 94.9 289  44 EP+ 1  32.85 15.83 15.52 0.00  0.31  0.60     0.032 0.55  66   3.28 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 94.9 289  44 ES  1  44.76 27.74 27.63 0.00  0.11  0.60S    0.090                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A133.3 292  44 EP- 1  38.43 21.41 20.37 0.00  1.04* 0.00     0.000 0.58 103   3.71 Z                      
IDE  PR EHN  A133.3 292  44 ES  1  54.38 37.36 36.26 0.00  1.10* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A148.3  72  44 EP+ 1  40.95 23.93 22.27 0.00  1.66* 0.00     0.000 0.55 112   3.82 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A148.3  72  44 ES  1  58.20 41.18 39.64 0.00  1.54* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A163.5  97  44 EP- 1  41.65 24.63 24.19 0.00  0.44  0.00     0.000 0.55 137   4.02 Z                      
CDVI PR HH1  A163.5  97  44 ES  1  60.37 43.35 43.06 0.00  0.29  0.00S    0.000                                        

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