ZCZC WECA40 PHEB 090029 TSUCAR TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 829 PM AST SAT FEB 08 2025 AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013- VIZ001-002-090229- 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 ----------------------- * TSUNAMI HEIGHT AND DURATION FORECASTS ARE NOW INCLUDED. 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 946 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. * THE TSUNAMI FORECAST DOES NOT SHOW A THREAT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. HOWEVER... WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO CONFIRM THE FORECAST. 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 - UPDATED --------------------------------------- * 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. * THE FORECAST HEIGHT IS THE MAXIMUM EXPECTED WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE TIDE AT THAT COASTAL LOCATION. * THE FORECAST DURATION IS THE APPROXIMATE EXPECTED LENGTH OF TIME AFTER INITIAL IMPACT THAT THE TSUNAMI MAY CONTINUE TO BE A HAZARD. * 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 MONA ISLAND 946 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS ARECIBO 947 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS MAYAGUEZ 948 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS AGUADILLA 949 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS SAN JUAN 950 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS PENUELAS 955 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS PONCE 958 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS MAGUEYES IS 1004 PM ---------- ------ YABUCOA 1005 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS CAJA DE MUERTOS 1007 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS VIEQUES IS 1027 PM ---------- ------ FAJARDO 1028 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS CULEBRA IS 1038 PM ---------- ------ USVI CHRISTIANSTED 1010 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS LIMETREE 1011 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS LAMESHUR BAY 1047 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS CHARLOTTE AMALIE 1050 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS BVI ANEGADA 1014 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS VIRGIN GORDA 1036 PM BELOW 1 FT 6 HRS ROADTOWN 1135 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 946 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025 AND IT CAN PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * 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