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


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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Guánica, PR
Date: March 18, 2025 03:05:02 UTC
March 17, 2025 23:05:02 Hora Local
Region: Southwest Region of Puerto Rico
Distances: 8.82 Km South-Southeast of Lajas,PR
11.1 Km West-Southeast of Guánica,PR
30.89 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 2.98 Md
Location: Latitude: 17.9446 Longitude: -67.0025
Depth: 7 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2025-03-17 23:25:50
ID: 20250318030502

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2025-03-17 23:25:57 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 17, 2025
LOCAL TIME: 23:05:02
LATITUDE: 17.9446 N
LONGITUDE: 67.0025 W
LOCATION: 8.8 Km South-Southeast of Lajas,PR
30.9 Km South-Southeast of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 7 Km
MAGNITUDE: 2.98 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 2025-03-17 23:25:57
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                            
2025-03-18  0305  2.58  17 56.68   67  0.15   7.20  0.08  0.77  0.24        2.98  2.98D 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                         
  24   24   5.2  PR1  206  19  12  18   8  24     Q  PPP   0.00  0.00      5.00  0.16 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         2.98   5.00  0.16 Z        2.98   5.00  0.16 D                                                

REGION= Southwestern 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  5.2 303 141 IPU     4.27  1.69  1.74 0.00 -0.05  1.72     0.620 0.55  49   2.74 Z                      
MLPR PR HH1  A  5.2 303 141 ES  1   5.63  3.05  3.10 0.00 -0.05  0.86S    0.278                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A 13.5  75 113 IPD     5.57  2.99  2.96 0.00  0.03  1.72     0.409 0.58  53   2.84 Z                      
GBPR PR HH1  A 13.5  75 113 ES  1   7.76  5.18  5.27 0.00 -0.09  0.86S    0.490                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A 27.0 341  57 IPU     7.79  5.21  5.17 0.00  0.04  1.72     0.298                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A 27.0 341  57 ES  1  11.87  9.29  9.20 0.00  0.09  0.86S    0.272                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A 33.7 334  57 EP- 1   8.83  6.25  6.20 0.00  0.05  0.86     0.091                                        
PRSN PR HH2  A 33.7 334  57 ES  1  13.48 10.90 11.04 0.00 -0.14  0.86S    0.230                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A 43.4  75  57 EP+ 1  10.21  7.63  7.68 0.00 -0.05  0.86     0.116                                        
OBIP PR HH2  A 43.4  75  57 ES  1  16.42 13.84 13.67 0.00  0.17  0.86S    0.143                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A 45.4  41  57 EP+ 1  10.46  7.88  7.99 0.00 -0.11  0.86     0.050                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A 45.4  41  57 ES  1  16.19 13.61 14.22 0.00 -0.61* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A 47.1  72  57 EP- 1  10.87  8.29  8.26 0.00  0.03  0.86     0.100 0.55  60   3.14 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A 47.1  72  57 ES  1  17.33 14.75 14.70 0.00  0.05  0.86S    0.142                                        
ICMP PR HHZ  A 50.8  97  57 EP+ 1  10.65  8.07  8.83 0.00 -0.76* 0.00     0.000                                        
ICMP PR HH1  A 50.8  97  57 ES  1  18.15 15.57 15.72 0.00 -0.15  0.86S    0.419                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A 51.7  30  57 IPD    11.47  8.89  8.97 0.00 -0.08  1.72     0.222 0.55  50   2.98 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A 51.7  30  57 ES  1  17.83 15.25 15.97 0.00 -0.72* 0.00S    0.000                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A 59.0 349  57 EP+ 1  12.83 10.25 10.09 0.00  0.16  0.83     0.060                                        
AGPR PR HH1  A 59.0 349  57 ES  1  20.14 17.56 17.96 0.00 -0.40  0.00S    0.000                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A 79.4  58  50 EP+ 1  15.80 13.22 13.08 0.00  0.14  0.41     0.017 0.55  63   3.22 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A 79.4  58  50 ES  1  26.06 23.48 23.28 0.00  0.20  0.41S    0.036                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A105.3  67  44 EP+ 1  19.77 17.19 16.40 0.00  0.79* 0.00     0.000                                        
GCPR PR HH1  A105.3  67  44 ES  1  30.89 28.31 29.19 0.00 -0.88* 0.00S    0.000                                        

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