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WECA42 PHEB 220328
TIBCAR
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
1128 PM AST THU AUG 21 2025
AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013-
VIZ001-002-220528-
COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
...NO FURTHER TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...
AUDIENCE
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* GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO
RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS.
UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE
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* THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN REVISED.
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.5 OCCURRED IN
THE DRAKE PASSAGE AT 1016 PM AST ON THURSDAY AUGUST 21 2025.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO
PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE
ALTHOUGH SOME MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR
IN THE OCEAN IN CASE OF MINOR SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
* OTHERWISE... NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
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* MAGNITUDE 7.5
* ORIGIN TIME 1016 PM AST AUG 21 2025
* COORDINATES 60.4 SOUTH 62.0 WEST
* DEPTH 6 MILES / 10 KM
* LOCATION DRAKE PASSAGE
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* 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.
$$