ZCZC WECA42 PHEB 070917 TIBCAR TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 517 AM AST TUE JAN 07 2020 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE ----------------------- * SMALL TSUNAMI (0.1FT) WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.6 OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO AT 424 AM AST ON TUESDAY JANUARY 7 2020. * MINOR TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. * THERE IS STILL NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... OR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. * PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE OCEAN IN CASE OF MINOR SEA LEVEL CHANGES. * OTHERWISE... NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY -------------------------------- * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED LOCATIONS. * THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE HIGHEST MEASURED SO FAR. IT IS MEASURED WITH RESPECT TO THE TIDE LEVEL. GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (AST) HEIGHT ------------------------------------------------------- MAGUEYES ISLAND PR 18.0N 67.0W 446 AM 0.1 FT IMPACTS ------- * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR IN SOME COASTAL AREAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 6.6 * ORIGIN TIME 424 AM AST JAN 07 2020 * COORDINATES 17.9 NORTH 66.8 WEST * DEPTH 4 MILES / 7 KM * LOCATION VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT AND ANY TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * INFORMATION REGARDING ANY TSUNAMI THREAT TO US GULF OR ATLANTIC COASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE US NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CORRESPONDING REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK OR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV. $$ NNNN