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 Yauco, PR
Date: March 12, 2025 20:47:09 UTC
March 12, 2025 16:47:09 Hora Local
Region: South Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 9.31 Km South-Southeast of Guayanilla,PR
11.3 Km East of Guánica,PR
23.88 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
Magnitude: 2.94 Ml
Location: Latitude: 17.9741 Longitude: -66.8111
Depth: 14 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2025-03-12 18:02:51
ID: 20250312204708

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BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 12, 2025
LOCAL TIME: 16:47:09
LATITUDE: 17.9741 N
LONGITUDE: 66.8111 W
LOCATION: 9.3 Km South-Southeast of Guayanilla,PR
23.9 Km West-Southeast of Ponce,PR
DEPTH: 14 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.94 Ml
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in Yauco, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2025-03-12 18:02:58
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this micro earthquake was reported as felt in the Central region of Puerto Rico and the Southern 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, 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                            
2025-03-12  2047  9.37  17 58.45   66 48.67  14.52  0.15  0.45  0.73                    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                         
  38   38   7.2  PR1  179  13  19  28  14  38     Q  PPY   0.00  0.00      0.00  0.00 D                                

REGION= Southern Puerto Rico 
COMMENT= 2.94 Ml (Jiggle) & 3.4 Ml (EB)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
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  
GBPR PR HHZ  A  7.2 271 147 IPD    12.27  2.90  2.84 0.00  0.06  1.63     0.468                                        
GBPR PR HH2  A  7.2 271 147 ES  1  14.71  5.34  5.06 0.00  0.28  0.81S    0.369                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 23.0  70 101 IPD    13.91  4.54  4.69 0.00 -0.15  1.63     0.166                                        
OBIP PR HH2  A 23.0  70 101 ES  1  17.56  8.19  8.35 0.00 -0.16  0.81S    0.105                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A 24.7 269  98 IPD    14.20  4.83  4.92 0.00 -0.09  1.63     0.273                                        
MLPR PR HH1  A 24.7 269  98 ES  1  17.91  8.54  8.76 0.00 -0.22  0.81S    0.110                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 27.0  65  95 IPD    14.60  5.23  5.24 0.00 -0.01  1.63     0.142                                        
CELP PR HH2  A 27.0  65  95 ES  1  18.66  9.29  9.33 0.00 -0.04  0.81S    0.085                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A 31.8 277  93 IPD    15.09  5.72  5.92 0.00 -0.20  1.63     0.256                                        
CRPR PR HH2  A 31.8 277  93 ES  1  19.46 10.09 10.54 0.00 -0.45  0.24S    0.009                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 32.3  17  92 IPU    15.28  5.91  5.99 0.00 -0.08  1.63     0.151                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A 32.3  17  92 ES  1  19.61 10.24 10.66 0.00 -0.42  0.43S    0.044                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 36.6 308  92 IPU    15.99  6.62  6.60 0.00  0.02  1.63     0.155                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 36.6 308  92 ES  1  21.27 11.90 11.75 0.00  0.15  0.81S    0.101                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 41.7   8  91 IPU    16.72  7.35  7.31 0.00  0.04  1.63     0.160                                        
AOPR PR HH2  A 41.7   8  91 ES  1  22.18 12.81 13.01 0.00 -0.20  0.81S    0.171                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 44.4 308  91 EP+ 1  17.12  7.75  7.69 0.00  0.06  0.81     0.039                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A 44.4 308  91 ES  1  22.83 13.46 13.69 0.00 -0.23  0.81S    0.102                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 60.9  51  90 IPD    19.30  9.93 10.01 0.00 -0.08  1.53     0.110                                        
ECPR PR HH1  A 60.9  51  90 ES  1  26.89 17.52 17.82 0.00 -0.30  0.76S    0.078                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A 61.4  84  90 IPD    19.52 10.15 10.08 0.00  0.07  1.51     0.204                                        
ASPR PR HH1  A 61.4  84  90 ES  1  27.24 17.87 17.94 0.00 -0.07  0.76S    0.083                                        
EMPR PR HHZ  A 63.1  28  90 IPD    20.37 11.00 10.33 0.00  0.67* 0.00     0.000                                        
EMPR PR HH1  A 63.1  28  90 ES  1  28.50 19.13 18.39 0.00  0.74* 0.00S    0.000                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 63.1 330  90 IPU    20.00 10.63 10.33 0.00  0.30  1.47     0.131                                        
AGPR PR HH2  A 63.1 330  90 ES  1  27.91 18.54 18.39 0.00  0.15  0.73S    0.116                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A 74.6  90  63 IPD    21.53 12.16 11.85 0.00  0.31  1.01     0.214                                        
IGPR PR HH2  A 74.6  90  63 ES  1  30.66 21.29 21.09 0.00  0.20  0.51S    0.104                                        
PDPR PR HHZ  A 83.7  86  63 EP- 1  22.76 13.39 13.00 0.00  0.39  0.22     0.009                                        
PDPR PR HH1  A 83.7  86  63 ES  1  32.71 23.34 23.14 0.00  0.20  0.29S    0.031                                        
GCPR PR HH1  A 85.5  64  63 ES  1  33.39 24.02 23.55 0.00  0.47  0.03S    0.000                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A103.6  79  63 EP+ 1  25.92 16.55 15.52 0.00  1.03* 0.00     0.000                                        
HUMP PR HH1  A103.6  79  63 ES  1  38.52 29.15 27.63 0.00  1.52* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A125.1  77  63 EP- 2  29.09 19.72 18.25 0.00  1.47* 0.00     0.000                                        
FAPR PR HH1  A125.1  77  63 ES  1  43.38 34.01 32.49 0.00  1.52* 0.00S    0.000                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A134.0  83  63 IPD    30.29 20.92 19.37 0.00  1.55* 0.00     0.000                                        
MTP  PR HH2  A134.0  83  63 ES  1  46.31 36.94 34.48 0.00  2.46* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A165.9  76  63 EP+ 3  35.13 25.76 23.41 0.00  2.35* 0.00     0.000                                        

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