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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: III in Mayagüez, PR
Date: August 26, 2024 05:16:13 UTC
August 26, 2024 01:16:13 Hora Local
Region: Mona Passage
Distances: 25.88 Km South-Southeast of Mona Island,PR
82.59 Km Southwest of Desecheo,PR
110.89 Km West-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 4.8 Ml
Location: Latitude: 17.8956 Longitude: -68.0616
Depth: 40 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-08-26 03:11:25
ID: 20240826051611

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: August 26, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 01:16:13
LATITUDE: 17.8956 N
LONGITUDE: 68.0616 W
LOCATION: 25.9 Km South-Southeast of Mona Island,PR
110.9 Km West-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 40 Km
MAGNITUDE: 4.8 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Mayagüez, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-08-26 02:48:31
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Western region of Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of III (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                            
2024-08-26  0516 13.76  17 53.74   68  3.70  40.04  0.40  1.74  5.38        4.03  4.03D III                            
                                                                                         SOURCE                        
NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  44   44  76.4  PR1  199  18  18  36  18  36     Q  PP0   0.00  0.00     18.00  0.12 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         4.03  18.00  0.12 Z        4.03  18.00  0.12 D                                                

REGION= Mona Passage                                                                                                   
COMMENT= PTWC 4.8 Ml, NEIC 4.6 Mb, EB 4.8 Ml, Jiggle 3.96 Md
                                                                                                                       
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  
PCDR PR BHZ  A 76.4 334 110 EP- 1  25.32 11.56 12.21 0.00 -0.65* 1.04     0.102 0.55 135   3.94 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A 76.4 334 110 ES  1  35.55 21.79 21.73 0.00  0.06  1.04S    0.428                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A101.6  82 104 EP- 1  28.52 14.76 15.26 0.00 -0.50  1.04     0.079 0.55 157   4.11 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A101.6  82 104 ES  1  41.03 27.27 27.16 0.00  0.11  1.04S    0.203                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A103.4  69 104 EP+ 1  29.11 15.35 15.49 0.00 -0.14  1.04     0.034 0.55 130   3.94 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A103.4  69 104 ES  1  41.64 27.88 27.57 0.00  0.31  1.04S    0.142                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A108.1  85 103 EP- 1  30.46 16.70 16.07 0.00  0.63* 1.04     0.085 0.55 142   4.03 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A108.1  85 103 ES  1  42.50 28.74 28.60 0.00  0.14  1.04S    0.193                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A118.8  57 102 EP+ 1  31.02 17.26 17.39 0.00 -0.13  1.04     0.041 0.55 126   3.93 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A118.8  57 102 ES  1  44.79 31.03 30.95 0.00  0.08  1.04S    0.208                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A147.4  74  99 EP- 1  34.51 20.75 20.94 0.00 -0.19  1.04     0.037 0.55 164   4.20 Z                      
UUPR PR HH1  A147.4  74  99 ES  1  50.52 36.76 37.27 0.00 -0.51* 1.04S    0.076                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A158.3  82  98 EP- 1  35.84 22.08 22.30 0.00 -0.22  1.04     0.050 0.55 165   4.22 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A158.3  82  98 ES  1  53.92 40.16 39.69 0.00  0.47  1.04S    0.057                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A162.7  90  98 EP- 1  36.01 22.25 22.85 0.00 -0.60* 1.04     0.080 0.55 139   4.07 Z                      
ICMP PR HH2  A162.7  90  98 ES  1  54.35 40.59 40.67 0.00 -0.08  1.04S    0.094                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A170.9 306  97 EP+ 1  38.00 24.24 23.88 0.00  0.36  1.04     0.113 0.00 134   3.18 Z                      
HMDR DR BHN  A170.9 306  97 ES  1  55.62 41.86 42.51 0.00 -0.65* 1.04S    0.169                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A185.8  75  97 EP+ 1  39.69 25.93 25.75 0.00  0.18  1.04     0.048 0.55 151   4.17 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A185.8  75  97 ES  1  59.91 46.15 45.83 0.00  0.32  1.04S    0.086                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A194.1  85  96 EP- 1  39.80 26.04 26.80 0.00 -0.76* 1.04     0.061 0.00 143   3.27 Z                      
ASPR PR HH1  A194.1  85  96 ES  1  60.82 47.06 47.70 0.00 -0.64* 1.04S    0.055                                        
SMDR PR BHZ  A194.8 323  96 EP+ 1  40.13 26.37 26.88 0.00 -0.51* 1.04     0.129 0.00 160   3.37 Z                      
SMDR PR BHN  A194.8 323  96 ES  1  62.11 48.35 47.85 0.00  0.50* 1.04S    0.332                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A203.9  82  96 EP- 1  41.56 27.80 28.02 0.00 -0.22  1.04     0.057 0.73 146   4.03 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A203.9  82  96 ES  1  63.92 50.16 49.88 0.00  0.28  1.04S    0.058                                        
SDD  DR BHZ  A206.1 289  96 EP- 1  42.63 28.87 28.30 0.00  0.57* 1.04     0.189 0.73 139   3.99 Z                      
SDD  DR BHN  A206.1 289  96 ES  1  64.32 50.56 50.37 0.00  0.19  1.04S    0.263                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A257.2  81  94 EP- 1  48.77 35.01 34.73 0.00  0.28  1.04     0.066 0.55 121   4.04 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A257.2  81  94 ES  1  75.44 61.68 61.82 0.00 -0.14  1.04S    0.080                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A297.8  80  94 EP- 1  53.63 39.87 39.86 0.00  0.01  1.01     0.069 0.55 135   4.19 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A297.8  80  94 ES  1  84.74 70.98 70.95 0.00  0.03  1.01S    0.096                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A332.6  80  93 EP- 1  58.66 44.90 44.26 0.00  0.64* 0.90     0.058 0.55 146   4.30 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A332.6  80  93 ES  1  92.74 78.98 78.78 0.00  0.20  0.90S    0.084                                        
TBVI PR HHZ  A368.9  80  93 EP- 1  61.57 47.81 48.85 0.00 -1.04* 0.12     0.001 0.00 139   3.45 Z                      
TBVI PR HH1  A368.9  80  93 ES  1 101.01 87.25 86.95 0.00  0.30  0.71S    0.058                                        
   8 UNWEIGHTED STATIONS NOT PRINTED.                                                                                  

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