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 Ponce, PR
Date: November 22, 2023 15:32:11 UTC
November 22, 2023 11:32:11 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 2.56 Km West-Southeast of Guayanilla,PR
5.92 Km Southeast of Yauco,PR
21.47 Km West of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.27 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.0485 Longitude: -66.8123
Depth: 15 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-11-22 12:11:22
ID: 20231122153210

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-11-22 12:11:30 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: November 22, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 11:32:11
LATITUDE: 18.0485 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8123 W
LOCATION: 2.6 Km West-Southeast of Guayanilla,PR
21.5 Km West of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 15 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.27 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Ponce, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-11-22 12:11:30
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Central 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                            
2023-11-22  1532 11.48  18  2.91   66 48.74  15.37  0.18  0.44  0.75        3.27  3.27D 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                         
  30   30  10.8  PR1  126  16  14  22  10  28     Q  PPX   0.00  0.00     11.00  0.10 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.27  11.00  0.10 Z        3.27  11.00  0.10 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  
GBPR PR HHZ  A 10.8 222 136 IPU    14.77  3.29  3.25 0.00  0.04  2.01     0.438 0.58  59   2.92 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 10.8 222 136 ES  1  17.39  5.91  5.78 0.00  0.12  1.00S    0.304                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 21.8  91 109 EP- 1  16.03  4.55  4.56 0.00 -0.01  1.00     0.070                                        
OBIP PR HH2  A 21.8  91 109 ES  1  19.29  7.81  8.12 0.00 -0.31  1.00S    0.192                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 24.6  23 104 EP+ 1  16.70  5.22  4.94 0.00  0.28  1.00     0.098 0.55  92   3.43 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 24.6  23 104 ES  1  20.24  8.76  8.79 0.00 -0.03  1.00S    0.330                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 24.9  83 104 IPD    16.44  4.96  4.97 0.00 -0.01  2.01     0.249                                        
CELP PR HH1  A 24.9  83 104 ES  1  20.10  8.62  8.85 0.00 -0.23  1.00S    0.162                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 26.1 251 102 EP- 1  16.39  4.91  5.13 0.00 -0.22  1.00     0.115 0.55  53   2.94 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 26.1 251 102 ES  1  20.42  8.94  9.13 0.00 -0.19  1.00S    0.203                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 32.2 296  97 EP- 1  17.33  5.85  5.98 0.00 -0.13  1.00     0.104 0.58  67   3.17 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A 32.2 296  97 ES  1  22.37 10.89 10.64 0.00  0.25  1.00S    0.224                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 39.8 299  94 EP+ 1  18.51  7.03  7.05 0.00 -0.02  1.00     0.111 0.55  58   3.10 Z                      
PRSN PR HH1  A 39.8 299  94 ES  1  23.65 12.17 12.55 0.00 -0.38  1.00S    0.238                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 56.1  32  92 EP+ 1  21.19  9.71  9.34 0.00  0.37  0.99     0.080 0.55  68   3.27 Z                      
EMPR PR HH2  A 56.1  32  92 ES  1  27.95 16.47 16.63 0.00 -0.16  0.99S    0.225                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 56.2  57  92 EP- 1  20.96  9.48  9.35 0.00  0.13  0.99     0.059 0.55  76   3.37 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A 56.2  57  92 ES  1  27.10 15.62 16.64 0.00 -1.02* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 70.5  84  63 IPD    22.80 11.32 11.28 0.00  0.04  1.48     0.364 0.73  71   3.20 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A 70.5  84  63 ES  1  31.10 19.62 20.08 0.00 -0.46  0.49S    0.077                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 75.3  96  63 IPU    23.56 12.08 11.88 0.00  0.20  1.21     0.281 0.55  73   3.35 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A 75.3  96  63 ES  1  31.98 20.50 21.15 0.00 -0.65* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A 82.3  69  63 EP- 1  24.56 13.08 12.78 0.00  0.30  0.40     0.022 0.55  73   3.36 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A 82.3  69  63 ES  1  33.99 22.51 22.75 0.00 -0.24  0.40S    0.043                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A102.5  84  63 EP+ 1  27.12 15.64 15.33 0.00  0.31  0.01     0.000 0.55  78   3.44 Z                      
HUMP PR HH2  A102.5  84  63 ES  1  39.50 28.02 27.29 0.00  0.73* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A123.7  81  63 EP- 1  30.36 18.88 18.02 0.00  0.86* 0.00     0.000                                        
FAPR PR HH1  A123.7  81  63 ES  1  44.96 33.48 32.08 0.00  1.40* 0.00S    0.000                                        
   2 UNWEIGHTED STATIONS NOT PRINTED.                                                                                  

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