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 Aguadilla, PR
Date: December 26, 2023 07:24:25 UTC
December 26, 2023 03:24:25 Hora Local
Region: Puerto Rico Trench
Distances: 74.56 Km Northeast of Samaná,DR
97.62 Km North-Northwest of Punta Cana,DR
243.38 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 5.3 Ml
Location: Latitude: 19.6258 Longitude: -68.8005
Depth: 9 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2023-12-26 04:06:48
ID: 20231226072422

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2023-12-26 04:06:56 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: December 26, 2023
LOCAL TIME: 03:24:25
LATITUDE: 19.6258 N
LONGITUDE: 68.8005 W
LOCATION: 74.6 Km Northeast of Samaná,DR
243.4 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 9 Km
MAGNITUDE: 5.3 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Aguadilla, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2023-12-26 04:06:56
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this moderate 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                            
2023-12-26  0724 25.19  19 37.55   68 48.03   9.39  0.51  3.06  1.64        4.59  4.59D IV                             
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  49   49  55.1  PR1  248  16  26  26  11  49     Q  PPW   0.00  0.00     22.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.59  22.00  0.08 Z        4.59  22.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Puerto Rico Trench      
NEW COMMENT: 5.1 Mww (NEIC), 5.3 Mi (PTWC), 5.3 Ml (EarlyBird)                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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  
SMDR PR BHZ  A 55.1 228  91 IPU    34.60  9.41  9.42 0.00 -0.01  3.17     0.681 0.00 203   3.41 Z                      
SMDR PR BHN  A 55.1 228  91 ES  1  42.15 16.96 16.77 0.00  0.19  1.58S    0.573                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A130.7 160  55 IPD    40.42 15.23 19.39 0.00 -4.16* 0.00     0.000 0.55 278   4.63 Z                      
SDD  DR BHZ  A174.3 223  55 IPD    50.12 24.93 24.91 0.00  0.02  3.17     0.672 0.73 245   4.44 Z                      
SDD  DR BHN  A174.3 223  55 ES  1  69.23 44.04 44.34 0.00 -0.30  1.58S    0.591                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A196.4 134  55 EP- 2  51.41 26.22 27.71 0.00 -1.49* 0.63     0.009 0.58 132   4.00 Z                      
AGPR PR HHZ  A219.2 125  55 IPU    56.73 31.54 30.60 0.00  0.94* 3.02     0.265 0.55 237   4.58 Z                      
AGPR PR HH2  A219.2 125  55 ES  2  80.96 55.77 54.47 0.00  1.30* 0.60S    0.055                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A234.0 131  55 IPD    57.29 32.10 32.46 0.00 -0.36  2.83     0.191 0.55 188   4.39 Z                      
PRSN PR HH1  A234.0 131  55 ES  2  82.70 57.51 57.78 0.00 -0.27  0.57S    0.066                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A241.7 131  55 IPD    57.99 32.80 33.44 0.00 -0.64* 2.69     0.174 0.58 256   4.66 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A241.7 131  55 ES  2  84.93 59.74 59.52 0.00  0.22  0.54S    0.060                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A252.8 134  55 EP- 2  59.34 34.15 34.84 0.00 -0.69* 0.49     0.005 0.55 220   4.55 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A252.8 134  55 ES  2  85.78 60.59 62.02 0.00 -1.43* 0.49S    0.058                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A260.6 134  55 IPU    61.28 36.09 35.83 0.00  0.26  2.30     0.123 0.55 239   4.64 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A260.6 134  55 ES  2  89.06 63.87 63.78 0.00  0.09  0.46S    0.051                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A266.7 124  55 EP+ 2  63.45 38.26 36.60 0.00  1.66* 0.43     0.005 0.55 169   4.33 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A266.7 124  55 ES  2  90.58 65.39 65.15 0.00  0.24  0.43S    0.026                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A272.8 131  55 IPD    62.15 36.96 37.38 0.00 -0.42  2.01     0.096 0.58 248   4.66 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A272.8 131  55 ES  1  91.87 66.68 66.54 0.00  0.14  1.00S    0.210                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A290.4 125  55 EP+ 2  66.72 41.53 39.60 0.00  1.93* 0.21     0.001 0.55 238   4.67 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A290.4 125  55 ES  2  97.34 72.15 70.49 0.00  1.66* 0.31S    0.014                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A307.6 128  55 EP+ 2  69.35 44.16 41.78 0.00  2.38* 0.00     0.000 0.55 217   4.60 Z                      
GCPR PR HHZ  A321.2 116  55 IPD    68.26 43.07 43.50 0.00 -0.43  0.80     0.031 0.55 234   4.68 Z                      
GCPR PR HH2  A321.2 116  55 ES  1 104.87 79.68 77.43 0.00  2.25* 0.04S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A325.8 120  55 IPD    69.03 43.84 44.09 0.00 -0.25  0.70     0.018 0.73 233   4.56 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A325.8 120  55 ES  2 105.52 80.33 78.48 0.00  1.85* 0.11S    0.001                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A338.3 122  55 IPD    70.38 45.19 45.67 0.00 -0.48  0.45     0.006 0.55 207   4.59 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A338.3 122  55 ES  1 109.33 84.14 81.29 0.00  2.85* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A351.8 117  55 IPD    72.10 46.91 47.38 0.00 -0.47  0.24     0.002 0.55 219   4.66 Z                      
HUMP PR HH2  A351.8 117  55 ES  1 111.42 86.23 84.34 0.00  1.89* 0.09S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A366.2 114  55 EP+ 1  75.20 50.01 49.20 0.00  0.81* 0.04     0.000 0.55 184   4.52 Z                      
FAPR PR HH2  A366.2 114  55 ES  2 112.60 87.41 87.58 0.00 -0.17  0.02S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A428.9 108  55 IPD    81.46 56.27 57.13 0.00 -0.86* 0.00     0.000 0.55 212   4.76 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A428.9 108  55 ES  1 130.03104.84101.69 0.00  3.15* 0.00S    0.000                                        
TBVI PR HHZ  A460.2 106  55 IPU    85.71 60.52 61.10 0.00 -0.58* 0.00     0.000 0.00 219   3.99 Z                      
TBVI PR HH2  A460.2 106  55 ES  1 136.20111.01108.76 0.00  2.25* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A473.9 115  55 IPD    89.26 64.07 62.83 0.00  1.24* 0.00     0.000 0.55 232   4.92 Z                      
CDVI PR HH2  A473.9 115  55 ES  1 136.43111.24111.84 0.00 -0.60* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SABA NA BHZ  A627.9 109  55 EP- 1 108.10 82.91 82.33 0.00  0.58* 0.00     0.000 0.00 217   4.26 Z                      
SABA NA BHE  A627.9 109  55 ES  1 172.14146.95146.55 0.00  0.40  0.00S    0.000                                        
SMRT NA BHZ  A629.1 105  55 EP- 2 108.28 83.09 82.47 0.00  0.62* 0.00     0.000                                        
SMRT NA BHE  A629.1 105  55 ES  1 173.25148.06146.80 0.00  1.26* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SEUS NA BHZ  A659.1 110  55 EP+ 1 113.63 88.44 86.27 0.00  2.17* 0.00     0.000                                        
SEUS NA BHN  A659.1 110  55 ES  1 178.50153.31153.56 0.00 -0.25  0.00S    0.000                                        
ABD  WI BHZ  A851.1 113  55 EP- 2 135.59110.40110.58 0.00 -0.18  0.00     0.000                                        
ABD  WI BHN  A851.1 113  55 ES  1 221.22196.03196.83 0.00 -0.80* 0.00S    0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHZ  A899.9 112  55 EP- 1 144.58119.39116.76 0.00  2.63* 0.00     0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHE  A899.9 112  55 ES  1 231.89206.70207.83 0.00 -1.13* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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