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 Aguadilla, PR
Date: February 17, 2024 03:15:20 UTC
February 16, 2024 23:15:20 Hora Local
Region: Western Puerto Rico
Distances: 12.61 Km East-Northeast of Desecheo,PR
19.39 Km West-Northwest of Rincón,PR
40.09 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.65 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.4353 Longitude: -67.3868
Depth: 17 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-02-16 23:46:54
ID: 20240217031520

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: February 16, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 23:15:20
LATITUDE: 18.4353 N
LONGITUDE: 67.3868 W
LOCATION: 12.6 Km East-Northeast of Desecheo,PR
40.1 Km Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 17 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.65 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Aguadilla, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-02-16 23:47:01
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Western region of Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of III (Modified Mercalli Scale, MM). At the moment of generating this bulletin no damages has been reported and are not expected to occur

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                            
2024-02-17  0315 20.02  18 26.12   67 23.21  17.40  0.28  0.98  0.62        3.65  3.65D                                
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  35   35  10.1  PR1  167  17  19  22   9  35     Q  PP0   0.00  0.00     17.00  0.13 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.65  17.00  0.13 Z        3.65  17.00  0.13 D                                                

REGION= West of Puerto Rico

NEW COMMENT: 3.8 (NEIC), 3.8 (PTWC), 3.4 (EB)                                                                                            
                                                                                                                       
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  
IDE  PR EHZ  A 10.1 237 144 IPU    23.52  3.50  3.41 0.00  0.09  1.69     0.682 0.58  87   3.27 Z                      
AGPR PR HHZ  A 29.3  82 107 IPD    25.51  5.49  5.65 0.00 -0.16  1.69     0.454 0.55  93   3.47 Z                      
AGPR PR HH2  A 29.3  82 107 ES  1  29.86  9.84 10.06 0.00 -0.22  0.85S    0.279                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 35.2 133 102 IPD    26.39  6.37  6.44 0.00 -0.07  1.69     0.190 0.55  95   3.52 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 35.2 133 102 ES  1  31.56 11.54 11.46 0.00  0.08  0.85S    0.219                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 42.9 132  98 IPD    27.45  7.43  7.51 0.00 -0.08  1.69     0.166                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 42.9 132  98 ES  1  33.95 13.93 13.37 0.00  0.56* 0.85S    0.197                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 55.8 148  63 IPU    29.07  9.05  9.29 0.00 -0.24  1.69     0.207 0.55 105   3.66 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 55.8 148  63 ES  1  35.90 15.88 16.54 0.00 -0.66* 0.85S    0.155                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 63.0 144  63 IPD    30.05 10.03 10.21 0.00 -0.18  1.69     0.188 0.55  90   3.53 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A 63.0 144  63 ES  1  38.14 18.12 18.17 0.00 -0.05  0.85S    0.139                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 73.3 105  63 IPU    31.33 11.31 11.51 0.00 -0.20  1.69     0.249 0.55 101   3.65 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 73.3 105  63 ES  1  40.23 20.21 20.49 0.00 -0.28  0.85S    0.121                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 74.0 133  63 EP- 1  31.53 11.51 11.60 0.00 -0.09  0.85     0.038 0.58 118   3.77 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 74.0 133  63 ES  1  41.60 21.58 20.65 0.00  0.93* 0.22S    0.007                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 93.3 117  63 EP- 1  34.27 14.25 14.04 0.00  0.21  0.85     0.043 0.44 113   3.87 Z                      
OBIP PR HH2  A 93.3 117  63 ES  1  45.76 25.74 24.99 0.00  0.75* 0.81S    0.085                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 94.3 114  63 EP- 1  34.44 14.42 14.16 0.00  0.26  0.85     0.047 0.55  98   3.64 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 94.3 114  63 ES  1  45.95 25.93 25.20 0.00  0.73* 0.84S    0.095                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A105.4 275  63 EP+ 1  36.08 16.06 15.57 0.00  0.49  0.84     0.380 0.55 138   3.97 Z                      
PCDR PR BHE  A105.4 275  63 ES  1  49.23 29.21 27.71 0.00  1.50* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A109.4 123  63 EP+ 2  38.16 18.14 16.08 0.00  2.06* 0.00     0.000                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A129.9 110  63 EP- 1  39.64 19.62 18.68 0.00  0.94* 0.17     0.002 0.00  89   2.74 Z                      
ASPR PR HH1  A129.9 110  63 ES  1  56.05 36.03 33.25 0.00  2.78* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A135.6 105  63 EP+ 2  40.76 20.74 19.40 0.00  1.34* 0.00     0.000 0.73 101   3.59 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A135.6 105  63 ES  2  56.10 36.08 34.53 0.00  1.55* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A138.4  95  63 EP- 1  40.39 20.37 19.75 0.00  0.62* 0.62     0.046 0.55 105   3.75 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A138.4  95  63 ES  2  57.44 37.42 35.15 0.00  2.26* 0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A145.1 110  63 EP- 2  41.99 21.97 20.59 0.00  1.38* 0.00     0.000 0.55 116   3.85 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A145.1 110  63 ES  2  59.59 39.57 36.65 0.00  2.92* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A165.8 101  63 EP- 1  44.54 24.52 23.22 0.00  1.30* 0.00     0.000 0.55 111   3.83 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A165.8 101  63 ES  2  63.87 43.85 41.33 0.00  2.52* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A184.5  97  63 EP- 1  46.48 26.46 25.59 0.00  0.87* 0.04     0.000 0.55  77   3.52 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A184.5  97  63 ES  2  67.40 47.38 45.55 0.00  1.83* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A287.8 104  63 EP- 2  61.17 41.15 38.65 0.00  2.50* 0.00     0.000 0.55 111   3.97 Z                      

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