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 Salinas, PR
Date: January 24, 2024 02:01:04 UTC
January 23, 2024 22:01:04 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 10.4 Km South-Southeast of Salinas,PR
12.81 Km Southeast of Santa Isabel,PR
39.26 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.38 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9326 Longitude: -66.2916
Depth: 14 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-01-23 22:53:06
ID: 20240124020103

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 23, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 22:01:04
LATITUDE: 17.9326 N
LONGITUDE: 66.2916 W
LOCATION: 10.4 Km South-Southeast of Salinas,PR
39.3 Km East-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 14 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.38 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Salinas, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-01-23 22:53:11
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Cidra, Coamo and Salinas 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                            
2024-01-24  0201  4.46  17 55.96   66 17.50  14.73  0.16  0.70  0.92        3.38  3.38D                                
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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                         
  34   34  12.2  PR1  195  19  17  18   9  34     Q  PP0   0.00  0.00     15.00  0.11 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.38  15.00  0.11 Z        3.38  15.00  0.11 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  
ASPR PR HHZ  A 12.2  29 129 IPU     7.85  3.39  3.34 0.00  0.05  1.61     0.453 0.00  56   2.05 Z                      
ASPR PR HH2  A 12.2  29 129 ES  1  10.41  5.95  5.95 0.00  0.00  0.81S    0.377                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 24.9  37 100 IPU     9.51  5.05  4.95 0.00  0.10  1.61     0.208 0.73  53   2.81 Z                      
SJG  IU BH2  A 24.9  37 100 ES  1  13.25  8.79  8.81 0.00 -0.02  0.81S    0.182                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 25.4 259  99 IPD     9.46  5.00  5.03 0.00 -0.03  1.61     0.523 0.55  51   2.90 Z                      
ICMP PR HH1  A 25.4 259  99 ES  1  13.35  8.89  8.95 0.00 -0.06  0.81S    0.211                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 34.3 298  93 IPU    10.71  6.25  6.27 0.00 -0.02  1.61     0.172 0.55  68   3.21 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 34.3 298  93 ES  1  15.59 11.13 11.16 0.00 -0.03  0.81S    0.159                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 35.5 291  93 IPU    10.83  6.37  6.43 0.00 -0.06  1.61     0.173 0.44  72   3.37 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A 35.5 291  93 ES  1  15.54 11.08 11.45 0.00 -0.37  0.81S    0.124                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A 52.3  63  91 IPD    13.19  8.73  8.81 0.00 -0.08  1.61     0.350 0.55  47   2.93 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A 52.3  63  91 ES  1  19.67 15.21 15.68 0.00 -0.47  0.81S    0.139                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 57.6 309  91 IPU    14.19  9.73  9.55 0.00  0.18  1.58     0.211 0.55  77   3.38 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 57.6 309  91 ES  1  21.43 16.97 17.00 0.00 -0.03  0.79S    0.234                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 62.4 275  91 IPD    15.39 10.93 10.24 0.00  0.69* 0.10     0.001 0.58  82   3.42 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 62.4 275  91 ES  1  22.13 17.67 18.23 0.00 -0.56* 0.57S    0.051                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A 74.2  64  63 IPU    16.52 12.06 11.79 0.00  0.27  1.02     0.323 0.55  72   3.34 Z                      
FAPR PR HH2  A 74.2  64  63 ES  1  24.88 20.42 20.99 0.00 -0.57* 0.37S    0.098                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 79.8 274  63 IPD    17.97 13.51 12.50 0.00  1.01* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.49 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A 79.8 274  63 ES  1  27.49 23.03 22.25 0.00  0.78* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 87.0 276  63 IPU    18.81 14.35 13.41 0.00  0.94* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.49 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 87.0 276  63 ES  1  29.34 24.88 23.87 0.00  1.01* 0.00S    0.000                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 88.3 288  63 EP+ 1  18.99 14.53 13.57 0.00  0.96* 0.00     0.000 0.58  80   3.43 Z                      
LSP  PR HH2  A 88.3 288  63 ES  1  29.43 24.97 24.15 0.00  0.82* 0.00S    0.000                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 95.6 290  63 EP- 1  19.82 15.36 14.50 0.00  0.86* 0.00     0.000                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A 95.6 290  63 ES  1  30.79 26.33 25.81 0.00  0.52* 0.06S    0.002                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A105.0 305  63 IPU    21.86 17.40 15.68 0.00  1.72* 0.00     0.000 0.55  79   3.46 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A105.0 305  63 ES  1  33.19 28.73 27.91 0.00  0.82* 0.00S    0.000                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A134.1 293  63 EP- 1  26.33 21.87 19.36 0.00  2.51* 0.00     0.000                                        
IDE  PR EHN  A134.1 293  63 ES  1  38.29 33.83 34.46 0.00 -0.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A148.7  71  63 EP- 1  27.25 22.79 21.22 0.00  1.57* 0.00     0.000 0.55  88   3.60 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A148.7  71  63 ES  1  42.93 38.47 37.77 0.00  0.70* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A163.1  96  63 EP+ 1  29.16 24.70 23.04 0.00  1.66* 0.00     0.000 0.55 111   3.83 Z                      
CDVI PR HH2  A163.1  96  63 ES  1  45.15 40.69 41.01 0.00 -0.32  0.00S    0.000                                        

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