Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico on 04 Jun 2020 14:46 UTC

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M 4.2 in Puerto Rico on 04 Jun 2020 14:46 UTC

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Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

04/06 10:46 WECA42PHEB041449

2020-06-04 10:46 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WECA42 PHEB 041449

TIBCAR

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

1049 AM AST THU JUN 04 2020

...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE...

AUDIENCE

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* GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS... MEDIA... AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF PUERTO

RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS... AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN

ISLANDS.

EVALUATION

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 4.6 OCCURRED IN

THE VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO AT 1046 AM AST ON THURSDAY JUNE

4 2020.

* 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.

* PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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* THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A PRELIMINARY RAPID

ASSESSMENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

* MAGNITUDE 4.6

* ORIGIN TIME 1046 AM AST JUN 04 2020

* COORDINATES 17.9 NORTH 66.9 WEST

* DEPTH 6 MILES / 10 KM

* LOCATION VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

IMPACTS

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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

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