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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
0224 UTC FRI AUG 22 2025

...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...


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 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.

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PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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  * MAGNITUDE      8.0
  * ORIGIN TIME    0216 UTC AUG 22 2025
  * COORDINATES    60.4 SOUTH  62.0 WEST
  * DEPTH          10 KM / 6 MILES
  * LOCATION       DRAKE PASSAGE


EVALUATION
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  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OCCURRED IN
    THE DRAKE PASSAGE AT 0216 UTC ON FRIDAY AUGUST 22 2025.

  * 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
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  * CONSIDER AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI THREAT
    TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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  * 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.

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