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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: IV in San Juan, PR
Date: January 29, 2024 16:57:29 UTC
January 29, 2024 12:57:29 Hora Local
Region: Sombrero Seismic Zone
Distances: 80.35 Km Northwest of Anegada,BVI
90.35 Km North-Northwest of Road Town, Tortola,BVI
152.74 Km Northeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 4.44 Md
Location: Latitude: 19.1838 Longitude: -64.9211
Depth: 45 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-01-29 13:17:44
ID: 20240129165727

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: January 29, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 12:57:29
LATITUDE: 19.1838 N
LONGITUDE: 64.9211 W
LOCATION: 80.4 Km Northwest of Anegada,BVI
152.7 Km Northeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 45 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.44 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in San Juan, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-01-29 13:17:50
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Eastern 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                            
2024-01-29  1657 29.36  19 11.03   64 55.27  45.61  0.61  4.93 16.32        4.44  4.44D 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                         
  38   38  92.1  PR1  222   9  20  35  15  38     Q  PPM   0.00  0.00      8.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.44   8.00  0.08 Z        4.44   8.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Sombrero Seismic Zone                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
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  
STVI PR HHZ  A 92.1 183 110 EP+ 1  43.24 13.88 14.33 0.00 -0.45  1.08     0.202                                        
STVI PR HH1  A 92.1 183 110 ES  1  54.87 25.51 25.51 0.00  0.00  1.08S    0.576                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A132.2 217 103 EP+ 1  48.32 18.96 19.19 0.00 -0.23  1.08     0.047 0.55 202   4.38 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A132.2 217 103 ES  1  64.49 35.13 34.16 0.00  0.97* 1.08S    0.137                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A151.3 221 101 EP+ 1  50.90 21.54 21.55 0.00 -0.01  1.08     0.039                                        
HUMP PR HH1  A151.3 221 101 ES  1  67.77 38.41 38.36 0.00  0.05  1.08S    0.107                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A156.2 232 101 EP+ 1  50.51 21.15 22.16 0.00 -1.01* 1.08     0.054 0.55 136   4.05 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A156.2 232 101 ES  1  68.61 39.25 39.44 0.00 -0.19  1.08S    0.120                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A175.8 228  99 EP+ 1  53.95 24.59 24.60 0.00 -0.01  1.08     0.038                                        
SJG  IU BH1  A175.8 228  99 ES  1  73.91 44.55 43.79 0.00  0.76* 1.08S    0.086                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A184.0 224  99 EP+ 1  55.17 25.81 25.62 0.00  0.19  1.08     0.054                                        
IGPR PR HH1  A184.0 224  99 ES  1  74.38 45.02 45.60 0.00 -0.58* 1.08S    0.150                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A188.6 228  98 EP+ 1  54.96 25.60 26.20 0.00 -0.60* 1.08     0.044                                        
ASPR PR HH1  A188.6 228  98 ES  1  75.53 46.17 46.64 0.00 -0.47  1.08S    0.107                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A213.7 236  97 EP+ 1  58.42 29.06 29.35 0.00 -0.29  1.08     0.044                                        
CELP PR HH1  A213.7 236  97 ES  1  80.60 51.24 52.24 0.00 -1.00* 1.08S    0.075                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A215.9 242  97 EP+ 1  59.35 29.99 29.62 0.00  0.37  1.08     0.058                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A222.2 230  97 EP+ 1  59.95 30.59 30.41 0.00  0.18  1.08     0.063 0.55 163   4.29 Z                      
ICMP PR HH1  A222.2 230  97 ES  1  82.53 53.17 54.13 0.00 -0.96* 1.08S    0.159                                        
SMRT NA BHZ  A231.8 122  97 EP+ 1  61.78 32.42 31.61 0.00  0.81* 1.08     0.421                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A244.1 252  96 EP+ 1  62.34 32.98 33.16 0.00 -0.18  1.08     0.120 0.55 184   4.42 Z                      
AGPR PR HH2  A244.1 252  96 ES  1  91.20 61.84 59.02 0.00  2.82* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A246.3 238  96 EP+ 1  62.99 33.63 33.43 0.00  0.20  1.08     0.052 0.58 196   4.46 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A246.3 238  96 ES  1  89.52 60.16 59.51 0.00  0.65* 1.08S    0.091                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A254.2 245  96 EP- 1  63.74 34.38 34.43 0.00 -0.05  1.08     0.063                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A254.2 245  96 ES  1  91.46 62.10 61.29 0.00  0.81* 1.08S    0.087                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A257.8 246  96 EP+ 1  64.84 35.48 34.89 0.00  0.59* 1.08     0.067 0.55 186   4.45 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A257.8 246  96 ES  1  93.56 64.20 62.10 0.00  2.10* 0.07S    0.000                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A261.4 240  96 EP+ 1  65.03 35.67 35.33 0.00  0.34  1.08     0.055 0.55 202   4.53 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A261.4 240  96 ES  1  93.03 63.67 62.89 0.00  0.78* 1.08S    0.090                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A265.3 241  96 EP+ 1  65.50 36.14 35.82 0.00  0.32  1.08     0.055 0.55 205   4.54 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A265.3 241  96 ES  1  94.93 65.57 63.76 0.00  1.81* 0.62S    0.028                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A282.6 253  95 EP+ 1  66.64 37.28 38.01 0.00 -0.73* 1.08     0.109                                        
IDE  PR EHE  A282.6 253  95 ES  1  97.90 68.54 67.66 0.00  0.88* 1.08S    0.182                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A372.3 260  94 EP+ 1  77.97 48.61 49.32 0.00 -0.71* 1.02     0.137                                        
PCDR PR BHN  A372.3 260  94 ES  1 120.60 91.24 87.79 0.00  3.45* 0.00S    0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHZ  A518.1 127  92 EP+ 1  96.12 66.76 67.75 0.00 -0.99* 0.36     0.075                                        
DSD  WI BHN  A518.1 127  92 ES  1 149.36120.00120.60 0.00 -0.60* 0.36S    0.189                                        

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