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 Moca, PR
Date: March 05, 2024 05:14:28 UTC
March 05, 2024 01:14:28 Hora Local
Region: Mona Canyon
Distances: 47.15 Km North of Desecheo,PR
50.47 Km Northwest of Aguadilla,PR
75.02 Km North-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 4.03 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.8028 Longitude: -67.4346
Depth: 9 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-03-05 01:43:45
ID: 20240305051428

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-03-05 01:43:50 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 05, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 01:14:28
LATITUDE: 18.8028 N
LONGITUDE: 67.4346 W
LOCATION: 47.2 Km North of Desecheo,PR
75 Km North-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 9 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.03 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Moca, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-03-05 01:43:50
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Northern region of Puerto Rico and the Western 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 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                            
2024-03-05  0514 28.61  18 48.17   67 26.08   9.40  0.26  0.56  0.73        4.03  4.03D IV                             
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  48   48  46.3  PR1  190  13  24  36  18  48     Q  PPP   0.00  0.00     17.00  0.12 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.03  17.00  0.12 Z        4.03  17.00  0.12 D                                                

REGION= Mona Canyon
Comment: NEIC 4.3 mb, PTWC 4.1 ml                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                       
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 46.3 185  92 IPU    36.89  8.28  8.07 0.00  0.21  2.04     0.423                                        
IDE  PR EHE  A 46.3 185  92 ES  1  43.32 14.71 14.36 0.00  0.35  1.02S    0.272                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 50.4 137  92 EP- 1  36.91  8.30  8.70 0.00 -0.40  1.02     0.131 0.55 165   4.07 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 50.4 137  92 ES  1  43.52 14.91 15.49 0.00 -0.58* 0.91S    0.146                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 71.7 154  66 IPU    40.24 11.63 11.81 0.00 -0.18  2.04     0.124 0.55 138   3.93 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 71.7 154  66 ES  1  49.53 20.92 21.02 0.00 -0.10  1.02S    0.114                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 78.6 151  66 EP+ 1  41.22 12.61 12.79 0.00 -0.18  1.02     0.031                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 78.6 151  66 ES  1  51.24 22.63 22.77 0.00 -0.14  1.02S    0.103                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 94.6 158  55 EP+ 1  43.39 14.78 14.82 0.00 -0.04  1.02     0.024 0.55 151   4.04 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 94.6 158  55 ES  1  54.93 26.32 26.38 0.00 -0.06  1.02S    0.148                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 96.9 128  55 EP+ 1  43.56 14.95 15.11 0.00 -0.16  1.02     0.043 0.55 160   4.09 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 96.9 128  55 ES  1  55.38 26.77 26.90 0.00 -0.13  1.02S    0.072                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A101.0 155  55 EP+ 1  44.28 15.67 15.63 0.00  0.04  1.02     0.023 0.55 122   3.85 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A101.0 155  55 ES  1  56.04 27.43 27.82 0.00 -0.39  1.02S    0.136                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A102.1 110  55 EP+ 1  44.28 15.67 15.77 0.00 -0.10  1.02     0.086 0.55 119   3.83 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A102.1 110  55 ES  1  57.00 28.39 28.07 0.00  0.32  1.02S    0.105                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A104.8 253  55 IPU    44.51 15.90 16.11 0.00 -0.21  2.04     0.426 0.55 137   3.96 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A104.8 253  55 ES  1  57.09 28.48 28.68 0.00 -0.20  1.02S    0.284                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A108.8 147  55 EP+ 1  45.46 16.85 16.62 0.00  0.23  1.02     0.024 0.58 157   4.06 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A108.8 147  55 ES  1  58.26 29.65 29.58 0.00  0.07  1.02S    0.107                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A121.1 131  55 EP+ 1  46.89 18.28 18.17 0.00  0.11  1.02     0.038 0.55 174   4.19 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A121.1 131  55 ES  1  61.04 32.43 32.34 0.00  0.09  1.02S    0.074                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A139.6 136  55 EP+ 1  50.21 21.60 20.52 0.00  1.08* 0.00     0.000                                        
ICMP PR HH1  A139.6 136  55 ES  1  65.46 36.85 36.53 0.00  0.32  1.02S    0.080                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A152.7 110  55 EP+ 1  50.51 21.90 22.18 0.00 -0.28  1.02     0.086 0.55 139   4.02 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A152.7 110  55 ES  1  68.37 39.76 39.48 0.00  0.28  1.02S    0.105                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A153.0 123  55 EP+ 1  51.08 22.47 22.21 0.00  0.26  1.02     0.052 0.00 173   3.37 Z                      
ASPR PR HH1  A153.0 123  55 ES  1  68.54 39.93 39.53 0.00  0.40  1.02S    0.074                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A155.8 119  55 EP+ 1  51.53 22.92 22.56 0.00  0.36  1.02     0.061 0.73 139   3.90 Z                      
SJG  IU BH2  A155.8 119  55 ES  1  68.66 40.05 40.16 0.00 -0.11  1.02S    0.079                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A168.2 123  55 EP+ 1  53.15 24.54 24.13 0.00  0.41  1.02     0.052 0.55 137   4.03 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A168.2 123  55 ES  1  71.09 42.48 42.95 0.00 -0.47  1.02S    0.074                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A182.8 113  55 EP+ 1  54.60 25.99 25.98 0.00  0.01  0.98     0.071 0.55 153   4.15 Z                      
HUMP PR HH2  A182.8 113  55 ES  2  74.45 45.84 46.24 0.00 -0.40  0.39S    0.013                                        
SMDR PR BHZ  A192.3 287  55 EP+ 3  56.55 27.94 27.18 0.00  0.76* 0.00     0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHN  A192.3 287  55 ES  3  80.69 52.08 48.38 0.00  3.70* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A205.2 270  55 EP+ 1  57.34 28.73 28.82 0.00 -0.09  0.85     0.098 0.00 173   3.43 Z                      
HMDR DR BHN  A205.2 270  55 ES  1  80.46 51.85 51.30 0.00  0.55* 0.83S    0.197                                        
SDD  DR BHZ  A264.7 263  55 EP+ 2  67.89 39.28 36.35 0.00  2.93* 0.00     0.000                                        
SDD  DR BHE  A264.7 263  55 ES  1  97.11 68.50 64.70 0.00  3.80* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A266.4 100  55 EP+ 1  64.79 36.18 36.56 0.00 -0.38  0.29     0.009 0.55 156   4.25 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A266.4 100  55 ES  1  94.41 65.80 65.08 0.00  0.72* 0.04S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A305.4 111  55 EP+ 2  71.48 42.87 41.50 0.00  1.37* 0.00     0.000 0.55 161   4.33 Z                      
CDVI PR HH1  A305.4 111  55 ES  2 108.34 79.73 73.87 0.00  5.86* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SC01 DR BHZ  A353.5 282  55 EP+ 3  80.30 51.69 47.59 0.00  4.10* 0.00     0.000                                        
SC01 DR BHE  A353.5 282  55 ES  3 120.28 91.67 84.71 0.00  6.96* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SDDR CU BHZ  A406.7 274  55 EP+ 2  87.35 58.74 54.33 0.00  4.41* 0.00     0.000                                        
SDDR CU BH2  A406.7 274  55 ES  2 133.26104.65 96.71 0.00  7.94* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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