ZCZC WECA42 PHEB 151936 TIBCAR TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 336 PM AST SAT JAN 15 2022 AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013- VIZ001-002-152136- COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THE TONGA VOLCANIC EXPLOSION... AUDIENCE -------- * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. EVALUATION ---------- * THE TONGA VOLCANIC EXPLOSION HAS GENERATED SMALL TSUNAMI WAVES THAT ARE NON-THREATENING IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... OR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM THE TONGA VOLCANIC EXPLOSION. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO 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 ------------------------------------------------------- ROCKPORT TX 28.0N 97.0W 938 AM 0.1 FT MAYAGUEZ PR 18.2N 67.2W 1233 PM 0.2 FT DESHAIES GUADELOUPE 16.3N 61.8W 141 PM 0.2 FT LIMETREE VI 17.7N 64.8W 1215 PM 0.1 FT MONA ISLAND PR 18.1N 67.9W 1201 PM 0.4 FT ISLA MUJERES MX 21.3N 86.7W 144 PM 0.1 FT PUERTO MORELOS MX 20.9N 86.9W 130 PM 0.1 FT IMPACTS ------- * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS ARE EXPECTED. TONGA VOLCANO PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * ORIGIN TIME 1227 AM AST JAN 15 2022 * COORDINATES 20.5 SOUTH 175.4 WEST * LOCATION TONGA NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE 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. $$ NNNN