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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Lajas, PR
Date: February 22, 2024 18:51:02 UTC
February 22, 2024 14:51:02 Hora Local
Region: Southwest Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 8.63 Km South-Southeast of Lajas,PR
16.53 Km Southeast of Cabo Rojo,PR
29.96 Km South of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 2.67 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9385 Longitude: -67.0565
Depth: 8 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-02-22 15:16:04
ID: 20240222185058

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: February 22, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 14:51:02
LATITUDE: 17.9385 N
LONGITUDE: 67.0565 W
LOCATION: 8.6 Km South-Southeast of Lajas,PR
30 Km South of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 8 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.67 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Lajas, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-02-22 15:16:12
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this micro earthquake was reported as felt in Lajas with a maximum intensity of II (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                            
2024-02-22  1851  2.09  17 56.31   67  3.39   8.35  0.20  1.11  0.83        2.67  2.67D II                             
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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                         
  16   16   3.7  PR1  224  16   9  15   6  16     Q  PPI   0.00  0.00      6.00  0.20 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         2.67   6.00  0.20 Z        2.67   6.00  0.20 D                                                

REGION= Southwestern 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  3.7  20 150 IPU     3.75  1.66  1.76 0.00 -0.10  1.79     0.797 0.55  28   2.22 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A  3.7  20 150 ES  1   4.58  2.49  3.13 0.00 -0.64* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A  9.4 324 114 EP+ 1   4.80  2.71  2.41 0.00  0.30  0.90     0.178 0.55  36   2.48 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A  9.4 324 114 ES  1   6.51  4.42  4.29 0.00  0.13  0.90S    0.238                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 19.2  77  92 IPD     5.73  3.64  3.89 0.00 -0.25  1.79     0.383 0.58  49   2.80 Z                      
LSP  PR HHZ  A 26.4 354  91 EP+ 1   7.30  5.21  5.01 0.00  0.20  0.90     0.091 0.58  35   2.54 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A 26.4 354  91 ES  1  10.96  8.87  8.92 0.00 -0.05  0.90S    0.295                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 32.3 344  90 EP+ 1   7.99  5.90  5.91 0.00 -0.01  0.90     0.124                                        
PRSN PR HH1  A 32.3 344  90 ES  1  12.47 10.38 10.52 0.00 -0.14  0.90S    0.225                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 52.8  73  90 EP+ 1  11.19  9.10  9.05 0.00  0.05  0.90     0.094 0.55  66   3.24 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 52.8  73  90 ES  1  18.42 16.33 16.11 0.00  0.22  0.90S    0.359                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 56.4  95  90 EP+ 1  12.10 10.01  9.62 0.00  0.39  0.88     0.171                                        
ICMP PR HH1  A 56.4  95  90 ES  1  19.40 17.31 17.12 0.00  0.19  0.88S    0.226                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 58.8 355  90 EP+ 1  12.29 10.20  9.99 0.00  0.21  0.86     0.087 0.55  44   2.87 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 58.8 355  90 ES  1  19.77 17.68 17.78 0.00 -0.10  0.86S    0.282                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 65.8 319  66 EP+ 1  12.89 10.80 11.05 0.00 -0.25  0.76     0.442                                        

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