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 Guánica, PR
Date: January 02, 2024 20:34:01 UTC
January 02, 2024 16:34:01 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 8.96 Km West-Southeast of Guánica,PR
9.96 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
31.6 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.30 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9466 Longitude: -66.9813
Depth: 6 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-01-02 16:52:19
ID: 20240102203401

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-01-02 16:52:27 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 02, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 16:34:01
LATITUDE: 17.9466 N
LONGITUDE: 66.9813 W
LOCATION: 9 Km West-Southeast of Guánica,PR
31.6 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 6 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.30 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-01-02 16:52:27
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Guánica 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                            
2024-01-02  2034  1.21  17 56.80   66 58.88   6.69  0.05  0.55  0.26        3.30  3.30D III                            
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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   7.1  PR1  217  20  13  14   7  26     Q  PPY   0.00  0.00     11.00  0.17 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.30  11.00  0.17 Z        3.30  11.00  0.17 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  
MLPR PR HHZ  A  7.1 291 129 IPU     3.14  1.93  1.91 0.00  0.02  1.78     0.643 0.55  50   2.77 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A  7.1 291 129 ES  1   4.49  3.28  3.40 0.00 -0.12  0.89S    0.301                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 11.3  73 115 IPD     3.78  2.57  2.55 0.00  0.02  1.78     0.472 0.58  71   3.09 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 11.3  73 115 ES  1   5.72  4.51  4.54 0.00 -0.03  0.89S    0.502                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 27.6 337  57 EP- 2   6.68  5.47  5.31 0.00  0.16  0.36     0.017 0.58  83   3.33 Z                      
LSP  PR HH2  A 27.6 337  57 ES  1  10.66  9.45  9.45 0.00  0.00  0.89S    0.274                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 34.6 331  57 EP+ 2   7.61  6.40  6.38 0.00  0.02  0.36     0.019 0.55  59   3.09 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 34.6 331  57 ES  1  12.61 11.40 11.36 0.00  0.04  0.89S    0.265                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 41.1  74  57 EP- 1   8.57  7.36  7.39 0.00 -0.03  0.89     0.152 0.44  66   3.32 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A 41.1  74  57 ES  1  14.31 13.10 13.15 0.00 -0.05  0.89S    0.200                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 43.7  39  57 EP- 1   8.91  7.70  7.79 0.00 -0.09  0.89     0.067 0.55  86   3.47 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 43.7  39  57 ES  1  15.15 13.94 13.87 0.00  0.07  0.89S    0.258                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 44.9  71  57 IPD     9.15  7.94  7.97 0.00 -0.03  1.78     0.543 0.55  91   3.52 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 44.9  71  57 ES  1  15.73 14.52 14.19 0.00  0.33  0.00S    0.000                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 59.3 347  57 EP- 1  11.84 10.63 10.18 0.00  0.45  0.00     0.000 0.55  59   3.14 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 59.3 347  57 ES  1  19.27 18.06 18.12 0.00 -0.06  0.85S    0.281                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 70.7 314  50 EP- 1  13.76 12.55 11.91 0.00  0.64* 0.00     0.000 0.58  68   3.26 Z                      
IDE  PR EHE  A 70.7 314  50 ES  2  23.50 22.29 21.20 0.00  1.09* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 89.9  78  44 EP+ 1  16.27 15.06 14.52 0.00  0.54* 0.00     0.000                                        
SJG  IU BH2  A 89.9  78  44 ES  1  27.54 26.33 25.85 0.00  0.48  0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 92.7  88  44 EP+ 1  17.34 16.13 14.87 0.00  1.26* 0.00     0.000                                        
IGPR PR HH1  A 92.7  88  44 ES  1  29.05 27.84 26.47 0.00  1.37* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A103.1  66  44 EP+ 1  18.03 16.82 16.19 0.00  0.63* 0.00     0.000 0.55  67   3.30 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A103.1  66  44 ES  1  30.34 29.13 28.82 0.00  0.31  0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A121.9  79  44 EP- 3  21.03 19.82 18.56 0.00  1.26* 0.00     0.000 0.55  83   3.52 Z                      
HUMP PR HH2  A121.9  79  44 ES  2  35.32 34.11 33.04 0.00  1.07* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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