ZCZC WECA40 PHEB 090109 TSUCAR TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 909 PM AST SAT FEB 08 2025 AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013- VIZ001-002-090309- COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS NOW CANCELED... 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 TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS NOW CANCELED FOR PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED NORTH OF HONDURAS AT 723 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025. * EVALUATION OF ALL AVAILABLE DATA INDICATE THAT A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WAS NOT GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. * FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION OR INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR LOCATION. * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE OCEAN. * 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 ------------------------------------------------------- ISLA MUJERES MX 21.3N 86.7W 852 PM 0.1 FT IMPACTS ------- * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS BEGINNING AROUND 946 PM AST ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 2025... AND CONTINUING FOR UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. 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 -------------------------------------- * 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