3.9 magnitude earthquake 79 km from Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, U.S. Virgin Islands

000 SEXX60 PAAQ 212218 EQIAT1 TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 618 PM AST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 4.1 * ORIGIN TIME 1715 EST DEC 21 2014 1815 AST DEC 21 2014 1615 CST DEC 21 2014 2215 UTC DEC 21 2014 * COORDINATES 19.0 NORTH 65.2 WEST * DEPTH 24 MILES * LOCATION 50 MILES NW OF CHARLOTTE AMALIE VIRGIN IS. 70 MILES NE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. * THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. * FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.