26081000 WEZS42 PHEB 220624 TIBPPG 1 TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 2026-03-22T06:24:30Z 724 PM SST SAT MAR 21 2026 Information ASZ001>004-220824- American Samoa American Samoa 6.6 2026-03-22T06:15:36Z HST 10 -15.282 -172.689 ABOUT 102 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPOLU ISLAND N/A 120 004-220824- TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 724 PM SST SAT MAR 21 2026 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.6 OCCURRED ABOUT 102 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPOLU ISLAND AT 716 PM SST ON SATURDAY MARCH 21 2026. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. * SOME AREAS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY STRONG SHAKING. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE OCEAN. OTHERWISE... NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 6.6 * ORIGIN TIME 716 PM SST MAR 21 2026 * COORDINATES 15.3 SOUTH 172.7 WEST * DEPTH 6 MILES * LOCATION ABOUT 102 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPOLU ISLAND 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 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