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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: IV in Guánica, PR
Date: December 23, 2024 21:14:12 UTC
December 23, 2024 17:14:12 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 7.09 Km Southwest of Guánica,PR
11.35 Km Southeast of Lajas,PR
32.39 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.48 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9485 Longitude: -66.9616
Depth: 14 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-12-23 17:35:52
ID: 20241223211411

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-12-23 17:35:57 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: December 23, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 17:14:12
LATITUDE: 17.9485 N
LONGITUDE: 66.9616 W
LOCATION: 7.1 Km Southwest of Guánica,PR
32.4 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 14 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.48 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: IV in Guánica, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-12-23 17:35:57
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in the Western region of Puerto Rico and the Southern region of Puerto Rico with a maximum intensity of IV (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                            
2024-12-23  2114 12.37  17 56.91   66 57.70  14.23  0.19  0.63  0.76        3.48  3.48D IV                             
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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                         
  40   40   9.0  PR1  187  14  20  23  10  40     Q  PPT   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                                                
                         3.48  19.00  0.15 Z        3.48  19.00  0.15 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  9.0 285 139 IPD    15.25  2.88  2.96 0.00 -0.08  1.85     0.336 0.55  69   3.07 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A  9.0 285 139 ES  1  17.73  5.36  5.27 0.00  0.09  0.93S    0.218                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A  9.2  71 138 IPD    15.40  3.03  2.98 0.00  0.05  1.85     0.346 0.58 110   3.48 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A  9.2  71 138 ES  1  17.95  5.58  5.30 0.00  0.28  0.93S    0.409                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 16.9 293 113 IPD    16.08  3.71  3.86 0.00 -0.15  1.85     0.340 0.55  68   3.11 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A 16.9 293 113 ES  1  18.91  6.54  6.87 0.00 -0.33  0.93S    0.125                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 28.4 333  92 EP- 1  17.83  5.46  5.43 0.00  0.03  0.93     0.060 0.58  94   3.45 Z                      
LSP  PR HH1  A 28.4 333  92 ES  1  22.07  9.70  9.67 0.00  0.03  0.93S    0.165                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 35.5 327  91 EP+ 1  18.87  6.50  6.44 0.00  0.06  0.93     0.069 0.55  79   3.36 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A 35.5 327  91 ES  1  23.97 11.60 11.46 0.00  0.14  0.93S    0.151                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 39.1  74  90 EP+ 1  19.10  6.73  6.94 0.00 -0.21  0.93     0.071 0.44  90   3.60 Z                      
OBIP PR HH1  A 39.1  74  90 ES  1  24.48 12.11 12.35 0.00 -0.24  0.93S    0.122                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 42.3  37  90 EP+ 1  19.64  7.27  7.39 0.00 -0.12  0.93     0.051 0.55 107   3.66 Z                      
UUPR PR HH2  A 42.3  37  90 ES  1  24.54 12.17 13.15 0.00 -0.98* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 42.9  70  90 IPU    19.73  7.36  7.47 0.00 -0.11  1.85     0.261 0.55  96   3.57 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 42.9  70  90 ES  1  25.25 12.88 13.30 0.00 -0.42  0.88S    0.114                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 46.6  98  90 EP+ 1  20.53  8.16  8.00 0.00  0.16  0.93     0.145 0.55  68   3.26 Z                      
ICMP PR HH1  A 46.6  98  90 ES  1  26.91 14.54 14.24 0.00  0.30  0.93S    0.190                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 49.2  26  90 EP+ 1  20.66  8.29  8.37 0.00 -0.08  0.93     0.053 0.55 125   3.81 Z                      
AOPR PR HH1  A 49.2  26  90 ES  1  27.00 14.63 14.90 0.00 -0.27  0.93S    0.251                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 59.6 345  90 IPU    22.51 10.14  9.82 0.00  0.32  1.77     0.214 0.55  74   3.35 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A 59.6 345  90 ES  1  29.72 17.35 17.48 0.00 -0.13  0.89S    0.183                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 74.3  37  63 EP+ 1  24.96 12.59 11.83 0.00  0.76* 0.00     0.000 0.55  84   3.48 Z                      
EMPR PR HH1  A 74.3  37  63 ES  1  34.51 22.14 21.06 0.00  1.08* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 75.5  57  63 EP+ 1  24.63 12.26 11.98 0.00  0.28  0.55     0.051 0.55 126   3.85 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A 75.5  57  63 ES  3  32.58 20.21 21.32 0.00 -1.11* 0.00S    0.000                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A 77.5  83  63 EP+ 1  24.93 12.56 12.24 0.00  0.32  0.50     0.062                                        
ASPR PR HH1  A 77.5  83  63 ES  3  34.70 22.33 21.79 0.00  0.54* 0.01S    0.000                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A 87.8  78  63 EP+ 1  26.45 14.08 13.54 0.00  0.54* 0.02     0.000 0.73 100   3.53 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A 87.8  78  63 ES  1  37.34 24.97 24.10 0.00  0.87* 0.00S    0.000                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 90.6  88  63 EP+ 1  26.98 14.61 13.89 0.00  0.72* 0.00     0.000 0.55 102   3.67 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A 90.6  88  63 ES  2  38.28 25.91 24.72 0.00  1.19* 0.00S    0.000                                        
PDPR PR HHZ  A 99.8  85  63 EP+ 1  28.25 15.88 15.06 0.00  0.82* 0.00     0.000 0.55  81   3.47 Z                      
PDPR PR HH2  A 99.8  85  63 ES  3  42.37 30.00 26.81 0.00  3.19* 0.00S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A119.8  79  63 EP+ 2  31.27 18.90 17.59 0.00  1.31* 0.00     0.000 0.55 101   3.70 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A119.8  79  63 ES  1  45.74 33.37 31.31 0.00  2.06* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A141.3  77  63 EP+ 1  35.33 22.96 20.31 0.00  2.65* 0.00     0.000 0.55  58   3.21 Z                      
FAPR PR HH2  A141.3  77  63 ES  1  52.49 40.12 36.15 0.00  3.97* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A182.1  77  63 EP+ 1  40.94 28.57 25.48 0.00  3.09* 0.00     0.000 0.55  87   3.63 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A182.1  77  63 ES  2  62.45 50.08 45.35 0.00  4.73* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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