ZCZC WECA42 PHEB 240058 TIBCAR TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 858 PM AST SAT JAN 23 2021 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE... 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 EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN REVISED. * SMALL TSUNMAI WAVES HAVE BEEN MEASURED. EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.0 OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS AT 737 PM AST ON SATURDAY JANUARY 23 2021. * A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE. * 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. 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 ------------------------------------------------------- ANTARCTICA BASE PRA 62.5S 59.7W 821 PM 0.1 FT OHIGGINS CL 63.3S 57.9W 824 PM 0.1 FT IMPACTS ------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED ------------------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.0 * ORIGIN TIME 737 PM AST JAN 23 2021 * COORDINATES 62.0 SOUTH 55.3 WEST * DEPTH 6 MILES / 10 KM * LOCATION SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS 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. $$ NNNN