22047002 WEZS42 PHEB 162054 TIBPPG 2 TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 2022-02-16T20:54:54Z 954 AM SST WED FEB 16 2022 Information ASZ001>003-162253- American Samoa American Samoa 6.9 2022-02-16T20:21:05Z HST 568 -23.758 -179.697 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS N/A 120 003-162253- TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 953 AM SST WED FEB 16 2022 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE - UPDATE... IN THIS MESSAGE THE EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE HAS BEEN REVISED. AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.9 OCCURRED SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS AT 921 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 2022. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED ------------------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 6.9 * ORIGIN TIME 921 AM SST FEB 16 2022 * COORDINATES 23.8 SOUTH 179.7 WEST * DEPTH 353 MILES * LOCATION SOUTH OF THE FIJI 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 MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV. $$ NNNN ]]> false false