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 British Virgin Islands
Date: March 21, 2025 23:48:15 UTC
March 21, 2025 19:48:15 Hora Local
Region: Virgin Islands Platform
Distances: 10.59 Km Northwest of Anegada,BVI
35.07 Km North of Virgin Gorda,BVI
186.58 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
Magnitude: 3.96 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.7998 Longitude: -64.4158
Depth: 8 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2025-03-21 20:13:28
ID: 20250321234813

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2025-03-21 20:13:34 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 2
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: March 21, 2025
LOCAL TIME: 19:48:15
LATITUDE: 18.7998 N
LONGITUDE: 64.4158 W
LOCATION: 10.6 Km Northwest of Anegada,BVI
186.6 Km East-Northeast of San Juan,PR
DEPTH: 8 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.96 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: III in British Virgin Islands
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2025-03-21 20:13:34
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this light earthquake was reported as felt in the Virgin Islands 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                            
2025-03-21  2348 15.68  18 47.99   64 24.95   8.90  0.30  4.04  5.40        3.96  3.96D 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                         
  42   42  75.6  PR1  326  10  22  38  17  42     Q  PPT   0.00  0.00     16.00  0.11 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.96  16.00  0.11 Z        3.96  16.00  0.11 D                                                

REGION= Virgin Islands Platform                                                                                        
                                                                                                                       
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  
STVI PR HHZ  A 75.6 230  66 EP+ 1  27.72 12.04 12.39 0.00 -0.35  1.38     0.295 0.55 155   4.04 Z                      
STVI PR HH1  A 75.6 230  66 ES  1  37.93 22.25 22.05 0.00  0.20  1.38S    0.775                                        
CUPR PR HHZ  A106.5 240  55 EP+ 1  31.60 15.92 16.37 0.00 -0.45  1.38     0.128 0.55 154   4.07 Z                      
CUPR PR HH1  A106.5 240  55 ES  1  44.97 29.29 29.14 0.00  0.15  1.38S    0.325                                        
MTP  PR HHZ  A143.1 238  55 EP- 1  36.66 20.98 21.00 0.00 -0.02  1.38     0.160 0.55 103   3.74 Z                      
MTP  PR HH1  A143.1 238  55 ES  2  51.71 36.03 37.38 0.00 -1.35* 0.00S    0.000                                        
FAPR PR HHZ  A146.1 244  55 EP+ 1  36.70 21.02 21.38 0.00 -0.36  1.38     0.084                                        
FAPR PR HH2  A146.1 244  55 ES  1  53.87 38.19 38.06 0.00  0.13  1.38S    0.198                                        
HUMP PR HHZ  A168.0 245  55 EP- 1  39.98 24.30 24.15 0.00  0.15  1.38     0.077 0.55 120   3.91 Z                      
HUMP PR HH1  A168.0 245  55 ES  2  59.05 43.37 42.99 0.00  0.38  0.55S    0.028                                        
GCPR PR HHZ  A184.3 254  55 EP+ 1  41.32 25.64 26.21 0.00 -0.57* 1.38     0.065 0.55 105   3.80 Z                      
GCPR PR HH2  A184.3 254  55 ES  2  61.60 45.92 46.65 0.00 -0.73* 0.53S    0.022                                        
PDPR PR HHZ  A190.5 244  55 EP+ 2  42.66 26.98 27.00 0.00 -0.02  0.55     0.013 0.55 111   3.86 Z                      
PDPR PR HH2  A190.5 244  55 ES  2  64.05 48.37 48.06 0.00  0.31  0.55S    0.031                                        
SJG  IU BHZ  A198.4 248  55 EP+ 1  43.69 28.01 28.00 0.00  0.01  1.38     0.063 0.73 119   3.81 Z                      
SJG  IU BH1  A198.4 248  55 ES  2  66.02 50.34 49.84 0.00  0.50  0.55S    0.022                                        
IGPR PR HHZ  A201.2 243  55 EP+ 2  44.14 28.46 28.35 0.00  0.11  0.55     0.014 0.55 108   3.85 Z                      
IGPR PR HH1  A201.2 243  55 ES  3  66.64 50.96 50.46 0.00  0.50  0.28S    0.008                                        
ASPR PR HHZ  A210.3 247  55 EP+ 1  45.12 29.44 29.50 0.00 -0.06  1.38     0.066                                        
ASPR PR HH1  A210.3 247  55 ES  1  68.25 52.57 52.51 0.00  0.06  1.38S    0.149                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A212.4 256  55 EP+ 1  45.24 29.56 29.77 0.00 -0.21  1.38     0.073 0.55 131   4.04 Z                      
ECPR PR HH1  A212.4 256  55 ES  3  67.38 51.70 52.99 0.00 -1.29* 0.00S    0.000                                        
CELP PR HHZ  A242.3 251  55 EP+ 1  49.30 33.62 33.55 0.00  0.07  1.38     0.060 0.55 122   4.00 Z                      
CELP PR HH1  A242.3 251  55 ES  1  75.06 59.38 59.72 0.00 -0.34  1.38S    0.134                                        
OBIP PR HHZ  A246.2 251  55 EP+ 2  49.97 34.29 34.05 0.00  0.24  0.55     0.009 0.44 111   4.02 Z                      
OBIP PR HH2  A246.2 251  55 ES  2  76.44 60.76 60.61 0.00  0.15  0.55S    0.021                                        
UUPR PR HHZ  A250.8 257  55 EP+ 1  50.81 35.13 34.63 0.00  0.50  1.38     0.078                                        
UUPR PR HH1  A250.8 257  55 ES  3  76.78 61.10 61.64 0.00 -0.54* 0.28S    0.007                                        
AOPR PR HHZ  A251.9 259  55 EP+ 1  50.65 34.97 34.77 0.00  0.20  1.38     0.090 0.55 122   4.01 Z                      
AOPR PR HH2  A251.9 259  55 ES  1  77.83 62.15 61.89 0.00  0.26  1.38S    0.233                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A275.9 252  55 EP+ 1  54.40 38.72 37.82 0.00  0.90* 0.42     0.005 0.58 121   4.01 Z                      
GBPR PR HH2  A275.9 252  55 ES  1  84.36 68.68 67.32 0.00  1.36* 0.00S    0.000                                        
AGPR PR HHZ  A286.9 264  55 EP+ 1  54.84 39.16 39.20 0.00 -0.04  1.35     0.125 0.55  91   3.79 Z                      
AGPR PR HH1  A286.9 264  55 ES  1  85.06 69.38 69.78 0.00 -0.40  1.35S    0.340                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A290.4 257  55 EP+ 2  55.56 39.88 39.65 0.00  0.23  0.54     0.012                                        
MLPR PR HHZ  A292.6 253  55 EP- 1  56.07 40.39 39.93 0.00  0.46  1.34     0.059                                        
MLPR PR HH1  A292.6 253  55 ES  2  87.49 71.81 71.08 0.00  0.73* 0.51S    0.019                                        
PRSN PR HHZ  A295.4 258  55 EP+ 1  56.35 40.67 40.28 0.00  0.39  1.33     0.078 0.55  92   3.81 Z                      
PRSN PR HH2  A295.4 258  55 ES  2  87.33 71.65 71.70 0.00 -0.05  0.53S    0.031                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A298.0 254  55 EP+ 1  56.43 40.75 40.60 0.00  0.15  1.32     0.060 0.55 131   4.13 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A298.0 254  55 ES  2  87.63 71.95 72.27 0.00 -0.32  0.53S    0.022                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A524.0 271  55 EP+ 2  83.97 68.29 69.22 0.00 -0.93* 0.00     0.000                                        

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