ZCZC WECA40 PHEB 100414 TSUCAR TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1214 AM AST WED JAN 10 2018 ...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 1052 PM AST ON TUESDAY JANUARY 9 2018. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * 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 ------------------------------------------------------- CARRIE BOW CAY BH 16.8N 88.1W 1151 PM 0.1 FT GEORGE TOWN CY 19.3N 81.4W 1140 PM 0.6 FT IMPACTS ------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.6 * ORIGIN TIME 1052 PM AST JAN 09 2018 * COORDINATES 17.5 NORTH 83.6 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/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-. $$ NNNN