ZCZC WECA42 PHEB 120421 TIBCAR TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1221 AM AST WED SEP 12 2018 ...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 4.5 OCCURRED ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOST VAN DYKE AT 1218 AM AST ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 2018. * 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 4.5 * ORIGIN TIME 1218 AM AST SEP 12 2018 * COORDINATES 18.7 NORTH 64.9 WEST * DEPTH 6 MILES / 10 KM * LOCATION ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOST VAN DYKE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. IMPACTS ------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE 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