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 Humacao, PR
Date: March 16, 2024 08:03:12 UTC
March 16, 2024 04:03:12 Hora Local
Region: East Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 3.92 Km South-Southeast of Humacao,PR
11.29 Km East-Northeast of Yabucoa,PR
42.13 Km Southeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 3.65 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.1191 Longitude: -65.7948
Depth: 10 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-03-16 04:43:54
ID: 20240316080311

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-03-16 04:44:00 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 16, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 04:03:12
LATITUDE: 18.1191 N
LONGITUDE: 65.7948 W
LOCATION: 3.9 Km South-Southeast of Humacao,PR
42.1 Km Southeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 10 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.65 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Humacao, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-03-16 04:44:00
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Eastern region of Puerto Rico, the Northern 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 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                            
2024-03-16  0803 12.52  18  7.15   65 47.69  10.90  0.05  0.64  0.38        3.65  3.65D                                
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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                         
  27   27   6.2  PR1  194  18  14   8   3  25     Q  PPK   0.00  0.00     10.00  0.12 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.65  10.00  0.12 Z        3.65  10.00  0.12 D                                                

REGION= Eastern 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  
HUMP PR HHZ  A  6.2 294 144 EP+ 1  14.86  2.34  2.30 0.00  0.04  1.25     0.468                                        
HUMP PR HH2  A  6.2 294 144 ES  1  16.61  4.09  4.09 0.00  0.00  1.25S    0.795                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A 37.1 305  96 EP+ 1  19.11  6.59  6.67 0.00 -0.08  1.25     0.438 0.55  85   3.43 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A 37.1 305  96 ES  1  24.43 11.91 11.87 0.00  0.04  1.25S    0.835                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 37.6 269  96 EP- 1  19.24  6.72  6.75 0.00 -0.03  1.25     0.437                                        
SJG  IU BH2  A 37.6 269  96 ES  1  24.50 11.98 12.01 0.00 -0.03  1.25S    0.816                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 81.7 252  55 EP+ 1  26.15 13.63 13.05 0.00  0.58* 0.00     0.000                                        
ICMP PR HH2  A 81.7 252  55 ES  1  36.48 23.96 23.23 0.00  0.73* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 83.2 267  55 EP+ 1  25.99 13.47 13.24 0.00  0.23  0.36     0.105 0.55  98   3.63 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 83.2 267  55 ES  1  36.72 24.20 23.57 0.00  0.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 86.3 265  55 EP- 1  26.51 13.99 13.64 0.00  0.35  0.00     0.000 0.44 103   3.78 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A 86.3 265  55 ES  1  37.77 25.25 24.28 0.00  0.97* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A 92.4  73  55 EP+ 1  26.77 14.25 14.40 0.00 -0.15  0.17     0.103 0.55  79   3.44 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A 92.4  73  55 ES  1  37.38 24.86 25.63 0.00 -0.77* 0.00S    0.000                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 99.0 279  55 EP- 1  28.33 15.81 15.24 0.00  0.57* 0.00     0.000 0.55  99   3.66 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A 99.0 279  55 ES  1  41.28 28.76 27.13 0.00  1.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A115.9 263  55 EP+ 1  31.18 18.66 17.39 0.00  1.27* 0.00     0.000 0.58 113   3.77 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A115.9 263  55 ES  2  46.10 33.58 30.95 0.00  2.63* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A133.3 264  55 EP- 1  34.39 21.87 19.59 0.00  2.28* 0.00     0.000                                        
MLPR PR HH2  A133.3 264  55 ES  2  51.24 38.72 34.87 0.00  3.85* 0.00S    0.000                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A136.8 273  55 EP- 1  34.42 21.90 20.02 0.00  1.88* 0.00     0.000 0.58  88   3.57 Z                      
CRPR PR HHZ  A139.8 266  55 EP- 2  35.21 22.69 20.40 0.00  2.29* 0.00     0.000 0.55 111   3.81 Z                      
PRSN PR HHZ  A143.2 275  55 EP+ 1  35.23 22.71 20.84 0.00  1.87* 0.00     0.000 0.55  88   3.60 Z                      
AGPR PR HHZ  A144.4 286  55 EP+ 2  35.57 23.05 20.99 0.00  2.06* 0.00     0.000 0.55 105   3.76 Z                      
AGPR PR HH2  A144.4 286  55 ES  2  51.97 39.45 37.36 0.00  2.09* 0.00S    0.000                                        
   2 UNWEIGHTED STATIONS NOT PRINTED.                                                                                  

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