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 Yauco, PR
Date: February 29, 2024 01:10:49 UTC
February 28, 2024 21:10:49 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 6.36 Km South of Yauco,PR
7.07 Km East-Northeast of Guánica,PR
26.82 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 2.15 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.0228 Longitude: -66.8571
Depth: 15 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-02-28 22:28:13
ID: 20240229011049

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: February 28, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 21:10:49
LATITUDE: 18.0228 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8571 W
LOCATION: 6.4 Km South of Yauco,PR
26.8 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 15 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.15 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Yauco, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-02-28 22:28:20
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this micro earthquake was reported as felt in Yauco 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 
2024-02-29  0110 49.97  18  1.37   66 51.43  15.21  0.34  1.24  3.92        2.15  2.15D II  
                                                                                         SOURCE
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X
   7   13   5.7  PR1  119   0   7  13   7  13     Q  A2    0.00 0.00          4 0.089 D  Y Y N

XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T
                                                    2.15      4 0.089 D

Event_ID= 71441498
Region= South Region of Puerto Rico       
Comment= Revision: 2024-02-29T01:25:00.79

 STA NET COM LOC 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 00   A  5.7 203 154 IPD 1  53.20  3.23  2.85    0  0.38 0.10  J   mr 0.87     
 MLPR PR HHZ 00   A 20.4 253 111 EPU 1  54.37  4.40  4.41    0 -0.01 0.10  J   mr 0.55  22 1 2.10 Z
 MLPR PR HH2 00   A 20.4 253 111 ES? 1  57.63  7.66  7.85    0 -0.19 0.10  J   mr          
 OBIP PR HHZ 00   A 26.4  85 101 EPU 1  55.56  5.59  5.22    0  0.37 0.10  J   mr          
 OBIP PR HH1 00   A 26.4  85 101 ES? 1  58.94  8.97  9.29    0 -0.32 0.10  J   mr          
 CRPR PR HHZ 00   A 26.5 266 101 EPU 1  55.23  5.26  5.24    0  0.02 0.10  J   mr 0.55  34 1 2.54 Z
 CRPR PR HH2 00   A 26.5 266 101 ES? 1  58.83  8.86  9.33    0 -0.47 0.10  J   mr          
 UUPR PR HHZ 00   A 29.0  29  99 EPD 1  55.84  5.87  5.58    0  0.29 0.10  J   mr 0.55  19 1 2.02 Z
 UUPR PR HH2 00   A 29.0  29  99 ES? 1  59.79  9.82  9.93    0 -0.11 0.10  J   mr          
  LSP PR HHZ 00   A 29.2 305  99 EPU 1  55.92  5.95  5.63    0  0.32 0.10  J   mr 0.87     
  LSP PR HH1 00   A 29.2 305  99 ES? 1  59.87  9.90 10.00    0  -0.1 0.10  J   mr          
 CELP PR HHZ 00   A 29.6  78  98 EPD 1  56.06  6.09  5.68    0  0.41 0.10  J   mr 0.55  23 1 2.20 Z
 CELP PR HH1 00   A 29.6  78  98 ES? 1  59.35  9.38 10.11    0 -0.73 0.09  J   mr

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