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


Earthquake Information


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: V in Aguadilla, PR
Date: May 15, 2024 00:30:11 UTC
May 14, 2024 20:30:11 Hora Local
Region: Mona Canyon
Distances: 94.27 Km North-Northwest of Aguadilla,PR
98.42 Km North of Desecheo,PR
122.12 Km North-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 5.6 Ml
Location: Latitude: 19.2698 Longitude: -67.4235
Depth: 7 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-05-14 21:06:40
ID: 20240515003009

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-05-14 21:06:47 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: May 14, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 20:30:11
LATITUDE: 19.2698 N
LONGITUDE: 67.4235 W
LOCATION: 94.3 Km North-Northwest of Aguadilla,PR
122.1 Km North-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 7 Km
MAGNITUDE: 5.6 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: V in Aguadilla, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-05-14 21:06:47
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this moderate earthquake was reported as felt in widely throughout Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of V (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                            
2024-05-15  0030 11.41  19 16.19   67 25.41   7.72  0.43  1.64  2.01        4.73  4.73D V                              
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  60   60  94.7  PR1  191  14  32  47  19  60     Q  PPT   0.00  0.00     18.00  0.17 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.73  18.00  0.17 Z        4.73  18.00  0.17 D                                                

REGION= Mona Canyon           
COMMENT= 5.6ml EB, 4.9mww USGS, 5.2Mi PTWC                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
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  
AGPR PR HHZ  A 94.7 159  44 IPD    26.10 14.69 14.99 0.00 -0.30  2.39     0.243 0.55 333   4.76 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 94.7 159  44 ES  1  37.56 26.15 26.68 0.00 -0.53* 1.20S    0.131                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A120.1 165  44 EP+ 1  29.35 17.94 18.21 0.00 -0.27  1.20     0.071 0.55 198   4.31 Z                      
PRSN PR HH1  A120.1 165  44 ES  1  44.44 33.03 32.41 0.00  0.62* 1.20S    0.150                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A126.2 163  44 EP+ 1  30.40 18.99 18.98 0.00  0.01  1.20     0.067 0.58 323   4.74 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A126.2 163  44 ES  2  45.65 34.24 33.78 0.00  0.46  0.48S    0.022                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A128.7 132  44 EP- 1  31.13 19.72 19.30 0.00  0.42  1.20     0.044 0.55 221   4.42 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A128.7 132  44 ES  2  46.52 35.11 34.35 0.00  0.76* 0.48S    0.029                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A131.0 231  44 EP+ 1  30.52 19.11 19.59 0.00 -0.48  1.20     0.115 0.55 369   4.89 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A131.0 231  44 ES  1  45.61 34.20 34.87 0.00 -0.67* 1.20S    0.343                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A134.8 146  44 EP+ 1  31.40 19.99 20.06 0.00 -0.07  1.20     0.043 0.55 248   4.53 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A134.8 146  44 ES  3  47.07 35.66 35.71 0.00 -0.05  0.24S    0.004                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A143.7 166  44 EP+ 1  32.48 21.07 21.19 0.00 -0.12  1.20     0.073 0.55 390   4.96 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A143.7 166  44 ES  1  49.29 37.88 37.72 0.00  0.16  1.20S    0.153                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A149.4 164  44 EP+ 1  33.39 21.98 21.91 0.00  0.07  1.20     0.069 0.55 361   4.89 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A149.4 164  44 ES  2  50.19 38.78 39.00 0.00 -0.22  0.48S    0.023                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A153.6 133  44 EP- 1  33.99 22.58 22.44 0.00  0.14  1.20     0.043 0.55 273   4.64 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A153.6 133  44 ES  2  49.83 38.42 39.94 0.00 -1.52* 0.00S    0.000                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A154.4 158  44 EP+ 1  34.28 22.87 22.54 0.00  0.33  1.20     0.059                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A159.5 145  44 EP- 1  34.72 23.31 23.19 0.00  0.12  1.20     0.042 0.55 374   4.93 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A159.5 145  44 ES  2  52.73 41.32 41.28 0.00  0.04  0.48S    0.019                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A160.9 147  44 EP- 1  34.85 23.44 23.37 0.00  0.07  1.20     0.044 0.44 328   4.91 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A160.9 147  44 ES  2  52.99 41.58 41.60 0.00 -0.02  0.48S    0.018                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A176.8 126  44 EP- 1  36.54 25.13 25.38 0.00 -0.25  1.20     0.054 0.55 222   4.48 Z                      
GCPR PR HH1  A176.8 126  44 ES  3  56.34 44.93 45.18 0.00 -0.25  0.24S    0.009                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A180.0 148  44 EP+ 1  38.05 26.64 25.79 0.00  0.85* 1.20     0.045 0.55 299   4.75 Z                      
ICMP PR HH1  A180.0 148  44 ES  1  57.84 46.43 45.91 0.00  0.52* 1.20S    0.117                                        
SMDR PR BHZ  A185.5 271  44 EP+ 1  35.67 24.26 26.48 0.00 -2.22* 0.00     0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHE  A185.5 271  44 ES  2  55.16 43.75 47.13 0.00 -3.38* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A185.7 133  44 EP+ 1  38.03 26.62 26.51 0.00  0.11  1.20     0.043                                        
SJG  IU BH2  A185.7 133  44 ES  1  58.95 47.54 47.19 0.00  0.35  1.20S    0.173                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A186.0 137  44 EP- 1  38.00 26.59 26.55 0.00  0.04  1.20     0.040                                        
ASPR PR HH2  A186.0 137  44 ES  1  58.32 46.91 47.26 0.00 -0.35  1.20S    0.147                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A200.4 135  44 EP- 1  39.89 28.48 28.37 0.00  0.11  1.20     0.041 0.55 280   4.72 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A200.4 135  44 ES  1  61.59 50.18 50.50 0.00 -0.32  1.20S    0.159                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A207.8 126  44 EP- 1  40.50 29.09 29.30 0.00 -0.21  1.20     0.054 0.55 248   4.61 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A207.8 126  44 ES  3  63.98 52.57 52.15 0.00  0.42  0.24S    0.009                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A212.9 256  44 EP+ 1  40.96 29.55 29.95 0.00 -0.40  1.20     0.160                                        
HMDR DR BHN  A212.9 256  44 ES  2  62.62 51.21 53.31 0.00 -2.10* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A219.8 121  44 EP- 1  41.80 30.39 30.82 0.00 -0.43  1.20     0.068 0.55 180   4.33 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A219.8 121  44 ES  3  65.58 54.17 54.86 0.00 -0.69* 0.24S    0.012                                        
SDD  DR BHZ  A277.6 252  44 EP+ 1  50.27 38.86 38.14 0.00  0.72* 1.20     0.147                                        
SDD  DR BHN  A277.6 252  44 ES  3  78.84 67.43 67.89 0.00 -0.46  0.24S    0.021                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A279.2 110  44 EP- 1  49.15 37.74 38.35 0.00 -0.61* 1.20     0.118                                        
STVI PR HH2  A279.2 110  44 ES  3  76.96 65.55 68.26 0.00 -2.71* 0.00S    0.000                                        
TBVI PR HHZ  A310.1 107  44 EP- 1  53.15 41.74 42.26 0.00 -0.52* 1.20     0.136                                        
TBVI PR HH1  A310.1 107  44 ES  3  85.04 73.63 75.22 0.00 -1.59* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CDVI PR HHZ  A327.3 120  44 EP+ 1  56.72 45.31 44.43 0.00  0.88* 1.20     0.071 0.55 367   5.10 Z                      
CDVI PR HH1  A327.3 120  44 ES  3  92.83 81.42 79.09 0.00  2.33* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SC01 DR BHZ  A347.8 274  44 EP+ 1  59.40 47.99 47.02 0.00  0.97* 1.05     0.198                                        
SC01 DR BHN  A347.8 274  44 ES  3  97.72 86.31 83.70 0.00  2.61* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SDDR CU BHZ  A408.1 267  44 EP+ 1  65.96 54.55 54.66 0.00 -0.11  1.05     0.161                                        
SDDR CU BH1  A408.1 267  44 ES  2 108.84 97.43 97.29 0.00  0.14  0.42S    0.099                                        
SABA NA BHZ  A478.3 111  44 EP+ 1  75.01 63.60 63.54 0.00  0.06  0.71     0.039                                        
SMRT NA BHZ  A478.7 105  44 EP+ 1  74.23 62.82 63.59 0.00 -0.77* 0.70     0.051                                        
SMRT NA BHN  A478.7 105  44 ES  2 120.78109.37113.19 0.00 -3.82* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ABD  WI BHZ  A702.1 115  44 EP+ 3 103.01 91.60 91.87 0.00 -0.27  0.00     0.000                                        
DSD  WI BHZ  A750.6 114  44 EP+ 3 107.98 96.57 98.02 0.00 -1.45* 0.00     0.000                                        
ACPR PR HHZ  A797.9 201  44 EP+ 3 111.52100.11104.01 0.00 -3.90* 0.00     0.000 0.00 232   4.61 Z                      
ACPR PR HH1  A797.9 201  44 ES  3 184.34172.93185.14 0.00-12.21* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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