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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Guánica, PR
Date: October 09, 2024 22:01:22 UTC
October 09, 2024 18:01:22 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 3.52 Km Southeast of Guánica,PR
12.87 Km South-Southeast of Yauco,PR
31.95 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 2.41 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9685 Longitude: -66.8891
Depth: 5 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-10-09 18:55:29
ID: 20241009220122

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-10-09 18:55:48 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: October 09, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 18:01:22
LATITUDE: 17.9685 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8891 W
LOCATION: 3.5 Km Southeast of Guánica,PR
31.9 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 5 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.41 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-10-09 18:55:48
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this micro earthquake was reported as felt in Guánica with a maximum intensity of II (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                            
2024-10-09  2201 22.50  17 58.11   66 53.35   5.10  0.16  1.55  1.91        2.41  2.41D II                             
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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                         
  10   10  16.4  PR1  201  18   5  10   5  10     Q  PPY   0.00  0.00      3.00  0.08 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         2.41   3.00  0.08 Z        2.41   3.00  0.08 D                                                

REGION= Southern 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 16.4 271 100 EP+ 1  25.90  3.40  3.36 0.00  0.04  1.00     0.244 0.55  24   2.15 Z                      
MLPR PR HH2  A 16.4 271 100 ES  1  28.79  6.29  5.98 0.00  0.31  1.00S    0.319                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 23.7 281  97 EP+ 1  26.91  4.41  4.67 0.00 -0.26  1.00     0.202 0.55  33   2.49 Z                      
CRPR PR HH2  A 23.7 281  97 ES  1  30.55  8.05  8.31 0.00 -0.26  1.00S    0.307                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 31.0 318  57 EP- 1  28.46  5.96  5.98 0.00 -0.02  1.00     0.192                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 31.0 318  57 ES  1  33.25 10.75 10.64 0.00  0.11  1.00S    0.807                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 34.9  70  57 EP+ 1  29.14  6.64  6.58 0.00  0.06  1.00     0.359 0.55  28   2.41 Z                      
CELP PR HH2  A 34.9  70  57 ES  1  34.19 11.69 11.71 0.00 -0.02  1.00S    0.554                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 44.2  18  57 EP- 1  30.46  7.96  8.02 0.00 -0.06  1.00     0.272                                        
AOPR PR HH2  A 44.2  18  57 ES  1  36.83 14.33 14.28 0.00  0.05  1.00S    0.738                                        

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