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 Peñuelas, PR
Date: February 23, 2024 13:16:52 UTC
February 23, 2024 09:16:52 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 4.59 Km Southwest of Guayanilla,PR
7.86 Km Southeast of Yauco,PR
22.29 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.31 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.0221 Longitude: -66.8145
Depth: 16 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-02-23 09:30:58
ID: 20240223131651

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: February 23, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 09:16:52
LATITUDE: 18.0221 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8145 W
LOCATION: 4.6 Km Southwest of Guayanilla,PR
22.3 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 16 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.31 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Peñuelas, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-02-23 09:31:09
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Central region of Puerto Rico and the Southern 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                            
2024-02-23  1316 52.56  18  1.33   66 48.87  16.51  0.18  0.45  0.78        3.31  3.31D 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                         
  28   28   8.6  PR1  117  15  14  22  11  28     Q  PPM   0.00  0.00      6.00  0.18 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.31   6.00  0.18 Z        3.31   6.00  0.18 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  
GBPR PR HHZ  A  8.6 233 146 IPD    55.81  3.25  3.18 0.00  0.07  1.76     0.354                                        
GBPR PR HH1  A  8.6 233 146 ES  1  58.48  5.92  5.66 0.00  0.26  0.88S    0.293                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 25.0 257 109 IPD    57.49  4.93  5.03 0.00 -0.10  1.76     0.245                                        
MLPR PR HH1  A 25.0 257 109 ES  1  61.29  8.73  8.95 0.00 -0.22  0.88S    0.115                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 25.6  76 108 IPD    57.62  5.06  5.11 0.00 -0.05  1.76     0.300                                        
CELP PR HH1  A 25.6  76 108 ES  1  61.28  8.72  9.10 0.00 -0.38  0.87S    0.202                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 27.4  21 106 EP+ 1  58.02  5.46  5.36 0.00  0.10  0.88     0.093 0.55  57   3.01 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 27.4  21 106 ES  1  61.86  9.30  9.54 0.00 -0.24  0.88S    0.315                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 31.3 267 102 IPD    58.29  5.73  5.89 0.00 -0.16  1.76     0.245 0.55  74   3.27 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 31.3 267 102 ES  1  62.80 10.24 10.48 0.00 -0.24  0.88S    0.107                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 33.4 301 101 EP- 1  58.93  6.37  6.17 0.00  0.20  0.88     0.049                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 33.4 301 101 ES  1  63.69 11.13 10.98 0.00  0.15  0.88S    0.115                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 34.0 116 100 EP+ 1  58.89  6.33  6.26 0.00  0.07  0.88     0.101                                        
ICMP PR HH1  A 34.0 116 100 ES  1  63.93 11.37 11.14 0.00  0.23  0.88S    0.201                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 41.1 302  97 EP+ 1  59.81  7.25  7.25 0.00  0.00  0.88     0.054                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A 41.1 302  97 ES  1  65.35 12.79 12.90 0.00 -0.11  0.88S    0.120                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 58.4 328  93 IPU    62.55  9.99  9.68 0.00  0.31  1.70     0.265 0.55  74   3.35 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 58.4 328  93 ES  1  69.53 16.97 17.23 0.00 -0.26  0.85S    0.179                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A 61.4  89  63 EP+ 1  62.49  9.93 10.06 0.00 -0.13  0.82     0.140 0.00  63   2.35 Z                      
ASPR PR HH1  A 61.4  89  63 ES  1  70.35 17.79 17.91 0.00 -0.12  0.82S    0.268                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 71.0  81  63 EP+ 1  64.03 11.47 11.28 0.00  0.19  0.63     0.079                                        
SJG  IU BH1  A 71.0  81  63 ES  1  72.63 20.07 20.08 0.00 -0.01  0.63S    0.150                                        
IDE  PR EHZ  A 79.8 301  63 EP+ 1  65.75 13.19 12.39 0.00  0.80* 0.00     0.000                                        
IDE  PR EHN  A 79.8 301  63 ES  1  75.69 23.13 22.05 0.00  1.08* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A103.1  82  63 EP+ 1  68.40 15.84 15.34 0.00  0.50* 0.00     0.000 0.55  95   3.62 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A103.1  82  63 ES  1  81.36 28.80 27.31 0.00  1.49* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A124.4  79  63 EP+ 1  72.22 19.66 18.04 0.00  1.62* 0.00     0.000 0.55  70   3.37 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A124.4  79  63 ES  1  86.77 34.21 32.11 0.00  2.10* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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