Tsunami Bulletin
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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
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  * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO
    RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN
    ISLANDS.


EVALUATION
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  * 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
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