ZCZC WECA40 PHEB 090009 TSUCAR TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 809 PM AST SAT FEB 08 2025 AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013- VIZ001-002-090209- COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT... AUDIENCE -------- * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE ----------------------- * THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN REVISED. EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED NORTH OF HONDURAS AT 723 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AND STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS THAT COULD BE A HAZARD ALONG COASTS... BEACHES... IN HARBORS... AND IN COASTAL WATERS. * THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED TIME THAT HAZARDOUS SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AND STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS MAY BEGIN IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IS 948 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025 * ACTIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE... SAFETY AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY. * THE GENERATION OF TSUNAMI WAVES HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. * MONITORING IS UNDERWAY TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE TSUNAMI THREAT. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * ACTIONS REQUIRED TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE... SAFETY AND PROPERTY WILL VARY WITHIN THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREA. * PERSONS LOCATED IN OR NEAR THE OCEAN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND AWAY FROM HARBORS... MARINAS... BAYS AND INLETS. * DO NOT GO TO THE SHORE TO OBSERVE THE TSUNAMI. * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. * BE ALERT TO AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE MORE DETAILED OR SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR YOUR LOCATION. * BOATERS - WHERE TIME AND CONDITIONS PERMIT... MOVE YOUR BOAT OUT TO SEA TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 450 FEET. * BOATERS - IF AT SEA... AVOID ENTERING SHALLOW WATER... HARBORS... MARINAS... BAYS AND INLETS TO AVOID FLOATING AND SUBMERGED DEBRIS AND STRONG CURRENTS. FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY ----------------------------- * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARE GIVEN BELOW. * OBSERVED ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER FROM THESE ETAS AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. * FORECAST TSUNAMI HEIGHTS AND DURATIONS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE. * A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE DURATION OF EACH WAVE CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. COASTAL ETA FORECAST FORECAST TERRITORY LOCATION (AST) HEIGHT DURATION ------------------------------------------------------------- PUERTO RICO AGUADILLA 948 PM MONA ISLAND 950 PM ARECIBO 951 PM MAYAGUEZ 952 PM SAN JUAN 953 PM MAGUEYES IS 955 PM FAJARDO 955 PM PENUELAS 955 PM PONCE 957 PM CAJA DE MUERTOS 959 PM YABUCOA 1008 PM VIEQUES IS 1034 PM CULEBRA IS 1052 PM USVI CHRISTIANSTED 1014 PM LIMETREE 1017 PM LAMESHUR BAY 1101 PM CHARLOTTE AMALIE 1104 PM BVI ANEGADA 1021 PM VIRGIN GORDA 1054 PM ROADTOWN 1100 PM OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY -------------------------------- * NO OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY ARE AVAILABLE YET. IMPACTS ------- * IMPACTS WILL VARY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. * SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS THAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 3 FEET ABOVE AND BELOW THE TIDE LEVEL. * WAVES AND CURRENTS THAT CAN DROWN OR INJURE PEOPLE IN THE WATER. * WAVES AND CURRENTS ON BEACHES AND IN HARBORS... MARINAS... BAYS... AND INLETS THAT MAY BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. * THE HAZARD IS FORECAST TO BEGIN AROUND 948 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025 AND IT CAN PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED ------------------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.6 * ORIGIN TIME 723 PM AST FEB 08 2025 * COORDINATES 17.8 NORTH 82.5 WEST * DEPTH 20 MILES / 33 KM * LOCATION NORTH OF HONDURAS NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN THIRTY MINUTES... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * 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