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


Earthquake Information


This information is Issued for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.For more information visit your corresponding Seismological Institution or theTsunami Warning Centers
Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: V in St. Thomas, USVI
Date: December 09, 2023 14:27:22 UTC
December 09, 2023 10:27:22 Hora Local
Region: Virgin Islands Platform
Distances: 16.44 Km North-Northwest of Anegada,BVI
43.79 Km North of Virgin Gorda,BVI
192.28 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 5.7 Ml
Location: Latitude: 18.8785 Longitude: -64.3833
Depth: 7 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-12-09 11:09:02
ID: 20231209142722

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-12-09 11:09:20 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: December 09, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 10:27:22
LATITUDE: 18.8785 N
LONGITUDE: 64.3833 W
LOCATION: 16.4 Km North-Northwest of Anegada,BVI
192.3 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 7 Km
MAGNITUDE: 5.7 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: V in St. Thomas, USVI
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-12-09 11:09:20
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this moderate earthquake was reported as felt in widely throughout Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands with a maximum intensity of V (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                            
2023-12-09  1427 22.41  18 52.71   64 23.00   7.22  0.21  0.79  0.82        4.87  4.87D V                              
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  51   51  56.6  PR1  222  16  26  36  17  51     Q  PPY   0.00  0.00     17.00  0.16 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.87  17.00  0.16 Z        4.87  17.00  0.16 D                                                

REGION= Virgin Islands Platform    
COMMENT= 5.7 Ml (EB), 5.4 Mi (PTWC) & 5.1 Mww (NEIC)                                                                                   
                                                                                                                       
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  
TBVI PR HHZ  A 56.6 207  57 IPD    32.24  9.83  9.71 0.00  0.12  1.73     0.425 0.00 311   3.80 Z                      
TBVI PR HH2  A 56.6 207  57 ES  1  39.80 17.39 17.28 0.00  0.11  0.86S    0.330                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A 84.0 227  44 IPD    35.76 13.35 13.70 0.00 -0.35  1.73     0.087 0.55 334   4.75 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A 84.0 227  44 ES  1  45.99 23.58 24.39 0.00 -0.81* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A131.0 198  44 IPD    42.10 19.69 19.65 0.00  0.04  1.73     0.173 0.55 302   4.71 Z                      
CDVI PR HH2  A131.0 198  44 ES  1  57.21 34.80 34.98 0.00 -0.18  0.86S    0.209                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A153.1 242  44 IPD    44.66 22.25 22.45 0.00 -0.20  1.73     0.081 0.55 352   4.87 Z                      
FAPR PR HH2  A153.1 242  44 ES  1  62.20 39.79 39.96 0.00 -0.17  0.86S    0.113                                        
SMRT NA BHZ  A165.9 123  44 EP+ 1  46.10 23.69 24.06 0.00 -0.37  0.86     0.152 0.00 249   3.71 Z                      
SMRT NA BHN  A165.9 123  44 ES  1  65.35 42.94 42.83 0.00  0.11  0.86S    0.391                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A174.9 243  44 IPD    47.61 25.20 25.21 0.00 -0.01  1.73     0.083 0.55 333   4.85 Z                      
HUMP PR HH2  A174.9 243  44 ES  2  67.77 45.36 44.87 0.00  0.49  0.34S    0.017                                        
SABA NA BHZ  A184.2 138  44 EP- 1  49.02 26.61 26.39 0.00  0.22  0.86     0.108                                        
SABA NA BHE  A184.2 138  44 ES  1  69.42 47.01 46.97 0.00  0.04  0.86S    0.298                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A190.2 251  44 IPD    49.26 26.85 27.15 0.00 -0.30  1.73     0.108 0.55 328   4.85 Z                      
GCPR PR HH2  A190.2 251  44 ES  1  70.92 48.51 48.33 0.00  0.18  0.86S    0.117                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A205.0 246  44 IPD    51.46 29.05 29.02 0.00  0.03  1.72     0.089 0.73 311   4.69 Z                      
SJG  IU BH2  A205.0 246  44 ES  1  74.27 51.86 51.66 0.00  0.20  0.86S    0.112                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A208.3 242  44 IPD    52.05 29.64 29.43 0.00  0.21  1.72     0.080 0.55 328   4.87 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A208.3 242  44 ES  1  74.43 52.02 52.39 0.00 -0.37  0.86S    0.112                                        
SEUS NA BHZ  A213.4 135  44 EP- 1  52.17 29.76 30.07 0.00 -0.31  0.85     0.112                                        
SEUS NA BHE  A213.4 135  44 ES  1  76.68 54.27 53.52 0.00  0.75* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A218.0 254  44 IPD    52.93 30.52 30.66 0.00 -0.14  1.68     0.117 0.55 390   5.04 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A218.0 254  44 ES  1  77.12 54.71 54.57 0.00  0.14  0.84S    0.117                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A248.4 250  44 IPD    57.06 34.65 34.52 0.00  0.13  1.47     0.074 0.55 441   5.18 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A248.4 250  44 ES  1  84.19 61.78 61.45 0.00  0.33  0.73S    0.083                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A252.4 249  44 IPD    57.59 35.18 35.02 0.00  0.16  1.42     0.067 0.44 307   4.95 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A252.4 249  44 ES  1  84.30 61.89 62.34 0.00 -0.45  0.71S    0.078                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A256.3 255  44 IPD    58.01 35.60 35.51 0.00  0.09  1.38     0.082                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A256.3 255  44 ES  1  86.22 63.81 63.21 0.00  0.60* 0.26S    0.011                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A282.1 250  44 IPD    62.01 39.60 38.78 0.00  0.82* 0.00     0.000 0.58 403   5.12 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A282.1 250  44 ES  2  92.02 69.61 69.03 0.00  0.58* 0.11S    0.001                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A295.9 256  44 IPD    63.38 40.97 40.52 0.00  0.45  0.88     0.035 0.58 384   5.09 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A295.9 256  44 ES  1  96.07 73.66 72.13 0.00  1.53* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A298.7 251  44 IPD    63.83 41.42 40.87 0.00  0.55* 0.60     0.012                                        
MLPR PR HH2  A298.7 251  44 ES  1  95.08 72.67 72.75 0.00 -0.08  0.42S    0.027                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A300.7 257  44 IPD    63.74 41.33 41.13 0.00  0.20  0.81     0.031 0.55 291   4.86 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A300.7 257  44 ES  1  95.52 73.11 73.21 0.00 -0.10  0.41S    0.029                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A330.1 261  44 IPD    67.72 45.31 44.85 0.00  0.46  0.43     0.010 0.58 308   4.92 Z                      
IDE  PR EHE  A330.1 261  44 ES  1 102.30 79.89 79.83 0.00  0.06  0.22S    0.009                                        
ABD  WI BHZ  A406.5 130  44 EP- 1  76.25 53.84 54.53 0.00 -0.69* 0.00     0.000                                        
ABD  WI BHE  A406.5 130  44 ES  1 119.79 97.38 97.06 0.00  0.32  0.00S    0.000                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A423.9 266  44 EP+ 1  79.09 56.68 56.73 0.00 -0.05  0.00     0.000 0.55 311   5.10 Z                      
PCDR PR BHE  A423.9 266  44 ES  1 127.54105.13100.98 0.00  4.15* 0.00S    0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHZ  A452.5 128  44 EP+ 1  81.25 58.84 60.35 0.00 -1.51* 0.00     0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHE  A452.5 128  44 ES  2 128.92106.51107.42 0.00 -0.91* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SDD  DR BHZ  A586.4 267  44 EP+ 1 103.73 81.32 77.30 0.00  4.02* 0.00     0.000                                        
SDD  DR BHE  A586.4 267  44 ES  1 160.46138.05137.59 0.00  0.46  0.00S    0.000                                        
SC01 DR BHZ  A671.4 277  44 EP- 1 110.44 88.03 88.05 0.00 -0.02  0.00     0.000                                        
SDDR CU BHZ  A728.9 273  44 IPD   117.61 95.20 95.34 0.00 -0.14  0.00     0.000                                        
SDDR CU BH1  A728.9 273  44 ES  1 193.57171.16169.71 0.00  1.45* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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