Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mona Passage on 24 Jun 2021 20:10 UTC

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M 4.3 in Mona Passage on 24 Jun 2021 20:10 UTC

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Measurements Levels

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

24/06 20:16 WECA42PHEB242014

2021-06-24 20:16 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 411 pm ast on thursday JUNE 24 2021
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 242014
TIBCAR

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
414 PM AST THU JUN 24 2021

AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013-
VIZ001-002-242214-
COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

...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 411 PM AST ON THURSDAY JUNE
24 2021.

* 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
---------------------------------

* THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A PRELIMINARY RAPID
ASSESSMENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

* MAGNITUDE 4.6
* ORIGIN TIME 411 PM AST JUN 24 2021
* COORDINATES 18.0 NORTH 67.1 WEST
* DEPTH 5 MILES / 8 KM
* LOCATION VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

IMPACTS
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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

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