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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: V in Guánica, PR
Date: September 22, 2024 09:44:13 UTC
September 22, 2024 05:44:13 Hora Local
Region: Southern Puerto Rico
Distances: 11.58 Km South-Southeast of Guánica,PR
19.17 Km South-Southeast of Guayanilla,PR
33.16 Km Southwest of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 3.83 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.8976 Longitude: -66.8626
Depth: 9 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-09-22 06:28:10
ID: 20240922094412

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: September 22, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 05:44:13
LATITUDE: 17.8976 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8626 W
LOCATION: 11.6 Km South-Southeast of Guánica,PR
33.2 Km Southwest of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 9 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.83 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: V in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-09-22 06:28:19
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Central region of Puerto Rico, the Western region of Puerto Rico and the Southern region of 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                            
2024-09-22  0944 13.36  17 53.86   66 51.76   9.97  0.10  0.47  0.58        3.83  3.83D V                              
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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                         
  41   41  20.8  PR1  202  15  21  22  10  41     Q  PPY   0.00  0.00     19.00  0.15 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.83  19.00  0.15 Z        3.83  19.00  0.15 D                                                

REGION= South of 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  
MLPR PR HHZ  A 20.8 293 100 IPD    17.52  4.16  4.17 0.00 -0.01  1.32     0.276 0.55 119   3.64 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A 20.8 293 100 ES  1  20.95  7.59  7.42 0.00  0.17  0.66S    0.100                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 28.8 295  96 IPD    18.61  5.25  5.38 0.00 -0.13  1.32     0.248 0.55 139   3.83 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 28.8 295  96 ES  1  22.74  9.38  9.58 0.00 -0.20  0.66S    0.090                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 31.6  59  95 IPD    19.01  5.65  5.80 0.00 -0.15  1.32     0.239 0.44 133   3.91 Z                      
OBIP PR HH2  A 31.6  59  95 ES  1  23.27  9.91 10.32 0.00 -0.41  0.00S    0.000                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 35.6  91  94 IPD    19.84  6.48  6.43 0.00  0.05  1.32     0.310 0.55 112   3.68 Z                      
ICMP PR HH1  A 35.6  91  94 ES  1  25.03 11.67 11.45 0.00  0.22  0.66S    0.138                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 35.9  56  94 IPD    19.73  6.37  6.47 0.00 -0.10  1.32     0.235 0.55 127   3.79 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 35.9  56  94 ES  1  25.03 11.67 11.52 0.00  0.15  0.66S    0.234                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 38.8 323  94 IPU    20.34  6.98  6.92 0.00  0.06  1.32     0.143 0.58 144   3.90 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A 38.8 323  94 ES  1  25.64 12.28 12.32 0.00 -0.04  0.66S    0.136                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 46.3 320  93 IPU    21.38  8.02  8.07 0.00 -0.05  1.32     0.138 0.55 118   3.76 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 46.3 320  93 ES  1  27.80 14.44 14.36 0.00  0.08  0.66S    0.121                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A 68.1  77  66 IPD    24.56 11.20 11.28 0.00 -0.08  1.32     0.169 0.00 114   2.89 Z                      
ASPR PR HH1  A 68.1  77  66 ES  1  33.22 19.86 20.08 0.00 -0.22  0.66S    0.091                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 68.3 338  66 IPU    24.77 11.41 11.31 0.00  0.10  1.32     0.218 0.55 131   3.88 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 68.3 338  66 ES  1  33.47 20.11 20.13 0.00 -0.02  0.66S    0.234                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 70.5  48  66 IPD    24.86 11.50 11.61 0.00 -0.11  1.32     0.142 0.55 144   3.97 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A 70.5  48  66 ES  1  34.00 20.64 20.67 0.00 -0.03  0.66S    0.173                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 79.1  72  55 IPD    26.22 12.86 12.80 0.00  0.06  1.30     0.231 0.73 128   3.75 Z                      
SJG  IU BH2  A 79.1  72  55 ES  1  36.53 23.17 22.78 0.00  0.39  0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 80.4  84  55 IPD    26.41 13.05 12.97 0.00  0.08  1.29     0.297 0.55 130   3.88 Z                      
IGPR PR HH2  A 80.4  84  55 ES  2  36.61 23.25 23.09 0.00  0.16  0.26S    0.025                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A110.7  75  55 IPD    30.67 17.31 16.81 0.00  0.50* 0.00     0.000 0.55 142   4.00 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A110.7  75  55 ES  1  45.09 31.73 29.92 0.00  1.81* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A132.5  74  55 EP- 1  33.92 20.56 19.56 0.00  1.00* 0.00     0.000 0.55  91   3.62 Z                      
FAPR PR HH1  A132.5  74  55 ES  1  49.53 36.17 34.82 0.00  1.35* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A173.3  74  55 EP- 1  39.95 26.59 24.73 0.00  1.86* 0.00     0.000 0.55 153   4.13 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A173.3  74  55 ES  2  59.56 46.20 44.02 0.00  2.18* 0.00S    0.000                                        
PCDR PR BHZ  A174.5 294  55 EP- 2  39.78 26.42 24.89 0.00  1.53* 0.00     0.000 0.55 142   4.07 Z                      
PCDR PR BHN  A174.5 294  55 ES  3  60.80 47.44 44.30 0.00  3.14* 0.00S    0.000                                        
STVI PR HHZ  A207.9  75  55 EP+ 2  45.38 32.02 29.11 0.00  2.91* 0.00     0.000 0.55 148   4.14 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A207.9  75  55 ES  2  67.70 54.34 51.82 0.00  2.52* 0.00S    0.000                                        
TBVI PR HHZ  A244.3  75  55 EP- 2  49.57 36.21 33.71 0.00  2.50* 0.00     0.000 0.00 139   3.27 Z                      
TBVI PR HH2  A244.3  75  55 ES  2  76.32 62.96 60.00 0.00  2.96* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A283.9 291  55 EP+ 3  54.92 41.56 38.73 0.00  2.83* 0.00     0.000 0.00 146   3.36 Z                      
HMDR DR BHE  A283.9 291  55 ES  3  86.10 72.74 68.94 0.00  3.80* 0.00S    0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHZ  A289.9 303  55 EP+ 2  56.94 43.58 39.48 0.00  4.10* 0.00     0.000                                        
SMDR PR BHN  A289.9 303  55 ES  2  86.49 73.13 70.27 0.00  2.86* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ACPR PR HHZ  A685.6 210  55 EP- 2 101.73 88.37 89.57 0.00 -1.20* 0.00     0.000                                        

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