ZCZC WECA43 PHEB 121846 TIBCAX TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1844 UTC THU AUG 12 2021 ...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 7.6 * ORIGIN TIME 1833 UTC AUG 12 2021 * COORDINATES 57.4 SOUTH 24.8 WEST * DEPTH 78 KM / 48 MILES * LOCATION SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION AT 1833 UTC ON THURSDAY AUGUST 12 2021. * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE THREAT WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * CONSIDER AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE OR IN NO MORE THAN ONE HOUR. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * COASTAL REGIONS OF THE US GULF COAST... US EAST COAST... AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA SHOULD REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. $$ NNNN