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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: III in Añasco, PR
Date: October 08, 2024 10:09:01 UTC
October 08, 2024 06:09:01 Hora Local
Region: Western Puerto Rico
Distances: 9.88 Km East of Desecheo,PR
18.33 Km West-Northwest of Rincón,PR
38.13 Km West-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.42 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.3906 Longitude: -67.3968
Depth: 13 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-10-08 07:07:09
ID: 20241008100901

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BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: October 08, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 06:09:01
LATITUDE: 18.3906 N
LONGITUDE: 67.3968 W
LOCATION: 9.9 Km East of Desecheo,PR
38.1 Km West-Northwest of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 13 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.42 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Añasco, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-10-08 07:07:16
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Añasco 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 
2024-10-08  1009 01.46  18 23.44   67 23.81  13.81  0.31  0.57  0.72        3.42  3.42D 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
  25   56  16.4  PR1  148      28  46  28  46     Q  A1               N      13 0.051 D  Y Y N

XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T
                                                    3.42     13 0.051 D

Event_ID= 71462063
Region= Western Puerto Rico              
Comment= Revision: 2024-10-08T10:41:13.07

 STA NET COM LOC 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
 ROPR PR HNZ 00   A 16.4 110 122 IPD 0  05.58  4.12  3.78    0  0.34 0.20  J   mr          
 ROPR PR HN1 00   A 16.4 110 122 ES? 1  08.41  6.95  6.73    0  0.22 0.10  J   mr          
 AG02 PR HNZ --   A 29.5  66  66 EPD 1  06.75  5.29  5.65    0 -0.36 0.10  J   mr          
 AG02 PR HNN --   A 29.5  66  66 ES? 1  11.12  9.66 10.06    0  -0.4 0.10  J   mr          
 AGPR PR HHZ 00   A 31.0  74  66 IPD 0  07.05  5.59  5.86    0 -0.27 0.20  J   mr 0.55  65 1 3.16 Z
 AGPR PR HH1 00   A 31.0  74  66 ES? 1  11.56 10.10 10.43    0 -0.33 0.10  J   mr       85 0 2.54 1
 PRSN PR HHZ 00   A 32.5 125  66 IPU 0  07.74  6.28  6.08    0   0.2 0.20  J   mr 0.55     
 PRSN PR HH1 00   A 32.5 125  66 ES? 1  12.62 11.16 10.82    0  0.34 0.10  J   mr          
 MY10 PR HNZ --   A 33.1 125  66 EP? 2  07.77  6.31  6.17    0  0.14 0.04  J   mr          
 MY10 PR HNN --   A 33.1 125  66 ES? 1  11.88 10.42 10.98    0 -0.56 0.10  J   mr          
 HRM1 PR HNZ --   A 39.2 134  66 EPU 1  08.30  6.84  7.03    0 -0.19 0.10  J   mr          
 HRM1 PR HNN --   A 39.2 134  66 ES? 1  13.13 11.67 12.51    0 -0.84 0.08  J   mr          
 ISB1 PR HNZ --   A 40.1  74  66 EPU 1  08.49  7.03  7.16    0 -0.13 0.10  J   mr          
 ISB1 PR HNN --   A 40.1  74  66 ES? 1  13.75 12.29 12.74    0 -0.45 0.10  J   mr          
  LSP PR HHZ 00   A 40.1 125  66 IPU 0  08.79  7.33  7.16    0  0.17 0.20  J   mr 0.87  34 0 2.60 Z
  LSP PR HH1 00   A 40.1 125  66 ES? 1  13.99 12.53 12.74    0 -0.21 0.10  J   mr          
 SNS1 PR HNZ --   A 42.4  98  66 EPU 1  08.78  7.32  7.50    0 -0.18 0.10  J   mr          
 SNS1 PR HNN --   A 42.4  98  66 ES? 1  13.80 12.34 13.35    0 -1.01 0.01  J   mr          
 CBR2 PR HNZ --   A 46.4 148  66 IPD 0  09.52  8.06  8.06    0     0 0.20  J   mr          
 CBR2 PR HNN --   A 46.4 148  66 ES? 1  15.14 13.68 14.36    0 -0.68 0.10  J   mr          
 QBPR PR HNZ 00   A 48.8  78  66 EPU 1  09.63  8.17  8.39    0 -0.22 0.10  J   mr          
 QBPR PR HN2 00   A 48.8  78  66 ES? 1  16.57 15.11 14.93    0  0.18 0.10  J   mr          
 MRC1 PR HNZ --   A 48.9 117  66 EPU 1  09.83  8.37  8.41    0 -0.04 0.10  J   mr          
 MRC1 PR HNN --   A 48.9 117  66 ES? 1  16.09 14.63 14.97    0 -0.34 0.10  J   mr          
 CRPR PR HHZ 00   A 51.7 144  66 IPD 0  10.30  8.84  8.81    0  0.03 0.20  J   mr 0.55  77 1 3.38 Z
 CRPR PR HH1 00   A 51.7 144  66 ES? 1  16.86 15.40 15.68    0 -0.28 0.10  J   mr          
 MLPR PR HHZ 00   A 59.0 141  66 IPU 0  11.27  9.81  9.86    0 -0.05 0.20  J   mr 0.55  56 0 3.10 Z
 MLPR PR HH1 00   A 59.0 141  66 ES? 1  18.60 17.14 17.55    0 -0.41 0.10  J   mr          
 EMPR PR HHZ 00   A 91.1  83  55 EPU 1  15.93 14.47 14.12    0  0.35 0.10  J   mr 0.55  81 1 3.47 Z
 EMPR PR HH1 00   A 91.1  83  55 ES? 1  26.59 25.13 25.13    0     0 0.10  J   mr          
 CELP PR HHZ 00   A 92.2 112  55 EPD 1  16.01 14.55 14.26    0  0.29 0.10  J   mr 0.55  70 1 3.34 Z
 CELP PR HH1 00   A 92.2 112  55 ES? 1  26.72 25.26 25.38    0 -0.12 0.10  J   mr          
 PCDR PR BHZ --   A103.6 277  55 IPD 0  17.03 15.57 15.73    0 -0.16 0.20  J   mr 0.58  77 1 3.44 Z
 PCDR PR BHN --   A103.6 277  55 ES? 1  28.32 26.86 28.00    0 -1.14 0.00  J   mr          
 ICMP PR HHZ 00   A106.4 121  55 EPD 1  18.83 17.37 16.09    0  1.28 0.00  J   mr 0.55  41 0 2.86 Z
 ICMP PR HH1 00   A106.4 121  55 ES? 1  30.24 28.78 28.64    0  0.14 0.10  J   mr          
 ECPR PR HHZ 00   A108.3  94  55 EPU 1  18.23 16.77 16.33    0  0.44 0.10  J   mr 0.55  75 1 3.42 Z
 ECPR PR HH1 00   A108.3  94  55 ES? 1  31.24 29.78 29.07    0  0.71 0.10  J   mr          
 ASPR PR HHZ 00   A127.8 107  55 EPD 1  21.34 19.88 18.83    0  1.05 0.00  J   mr       71 1 3.39 Z
 ASPR PR HH1 00   A127.8 107  55 ES? 1  35.68 34.22 33.52    0   0.7 0.09  J   mr       93 0 2.78 1
  SJG IU BHZ 00   A134.0 103  55 EPD 1  22.03 20.57 19.61    0  0.96 0.02  J   mr 0.00  67 1 3.34 Z
  SJG IU BH1 00   A134.0 103  55 ES? 1  35.54 34.08 34.91    0 -0.83 0.07  J   mr          
 GCPR PR HHZ 00   A137.5  93  55 EPD 1  22.51 21.05 20.06    0  0.99 0.01  J   mr 0.55  75 1 3.45 Z
 GCPR PR HH1 00   A137.5  93  55 ES? 1  37.65 36.19 35.71    0  0.48 0.08  J   mr          
 IGPR PR HHZ 00   A142.7 108  55 EPD 1  23.16 21.70 20.73    0  0.97 0.02  J   mr 0.55  71 1 3.41 Z
 IGPR PR HH1 00   A142.7 108  55 ES? 1  37.49 36.03 36.90    0 -0.87 0.05  J   mr          
 HUMP PR HHZ 00   A164.1  99  55 EPD 1  26.41 24.95 23.47    0  1.48 0.00  J   mr 0.55  81 1 3.55 Z
 HUMP PR HH1 00   A164.1  99  55 ES? 1  43.05 41.59 41.78    0 -0.19 0.04  J   mr          
  MTP PR HHZ 00   A195.5  99  55 EPU 1  30.55 29.09 27.49    0   1.6 0.00  J   mr 0.55  92 0 3.70 Z
  MTP PR HH1 00   A195.5  99  55 ES? 1  50.79 49.33 48.93    0   0.4 0.00  J   mr          
 HMDR DR BHZ --   A211.5 282  55 EPD 1  31.91 30.45 29.55    0   0.9 0.00  J   mr          
 HMDR DR BHN --   A211.5 282  55 ES? 1  53.04 51.58 52.60    0 -1.02 0.00  J   mr          
 CUPR PR HHZ 00   A221.1  92  55 IPD 0  32.69 31.23 30.77    0  0.46 0.00  J   mr 0.55  84 1 3.65 Z
 CUPR PR HH1 00   A221.1  92  55 ES? 1  55.32 53.86 54.77    0 -0.91 0.00  J   mr          
 STVI PR HHZ 00   A255.0  90  55 EPU 1  37.96 36.50 35.12    0  1.38 0.00  J   mr 0.86  84 1 3.68 Z
 STVI PR HH1 00   A255.0  90  55 ES? 1  65.64 62.09 62.51    0 -0.42 0.00  J   mr

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