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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

550 PM AST TUE AUG 21 2018



...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT 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.





UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE

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  ? THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN REVISED.





EVALUATION

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  ? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED

    NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA AT 532 PM AST ON TUESDAY AUGUST

    21 2018.



  ? PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE.



  ? 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.  THE LOCATION OF THE

    EARTHQUAKE IS OUTSIDE THE MAIN CARIBBEAN BASIN.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED

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  ? THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A PRELIMINARY RAPID

    ASSESSMENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.



  ? MAGNITUDE         7.4

  ? ORIGIN TIME       532 PM AST AUG 21 2018

  ? COORDINATES       10.4 NORTH  62.7 WEST

  ? DEPTH             54 MILES / 86 KM

  ? LOCATION          NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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  ? NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





IMPACTS

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  ? NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.