Overall Green Earthquake in Puerto Rico Region on 07 Jan 2020 15:55 UTC

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M 4.2 in Puerto Rico Region on 07 Jan 2020 15:55 UTC

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Measurements Levels

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

07/01 16:02 WECA42PHEB071559

2020-01-07 16:02 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 occurred in the vicinity of PUERTO RICO at 1155 am ast on tuesday JANUARY 7 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

Original Message :

WECA42 PHEB 071559
TIBCAR

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1159 AM AST TUE JAN 07 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 1155 AM AST ON TUESDAY
JANUARY 7 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 1155 AM AST JAN 07 2020
* COORDINATES 18.1 NORTH 66.7 WEST
* DEPTH 3 MILES / 5 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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