Tsunami Bulletin
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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000 WECA42 PHEB 232250 TIBCAR TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 650 PM AST SAT OCT 23 2021 AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013- VIZ001-002-240050- COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- * GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 4.9 OCCURRED ABOUT 169 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIRGIN GORDA AT 647 PM AST ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 2021. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... OR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. * PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A PRELIMINARY RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR. * MAGNITUDE 4.9 * ORIGIN TIME 647 PM AST OCT 23 2021 * COORDINATES 17.4 NORTH 62.0 WEST * DEPTH 65 MILES / 105 KM * LOCATION ABOUT 169 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIRGIN GORDA RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. IMPACTS ------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.