Back-to-Back M7+ Quakes Smash Venezuela - Tsunami Buoys Alerting for Puerto Rico
- Jun 25
- 3 min read
Source: Hal Turner
The country of Venezuela has been struck by back-to-Back Magnitude 7+ earthquakes, collapsing buildings in Carracus, causing highways to split apart, and triggering TSUNAMI WARNING BUOYS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tsunami Alerts have been issued for Puerto Rico.
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ZCZC
WECA40 PHEB 242212
TSUCAR
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
612 PM AST WED JUN 24 2026
AMZ712-715-725-735-742-745-PRZ001>003-005-007-008-010>013-
VIZ001-002-250012-
COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO - THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
...A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT...
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
----------
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.1 OCCURRED
NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA AT 605 PM AST ON WEDNESDAY JUNE
24 2026.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO
PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS
AND STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS THAT COULD BE A HAZARD ALONG
COASTS... BEACHES... IN HARBORS... AND IN COASTAL WATERS.
* THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED TIME THAT HAZARDOUS SEA LEVEL
FLUCTUATIONS AND STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS MAY BEGIN IN PUERTO
RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IS
719 PM AST ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 2026
* ACTIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE... SAFETY AND PROPERTY SHOULD
BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.
* THE GENERATION OF TSUNAMI WAVES HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED.
* MONITORING IS UNDERWAY TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE TSUNAMI
THREAT.
* 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 7.1
* ORIGIN TIME 605 PM AST JUN 24 2026
* COORDINATES 10.5 NORTH 68.4 WEST
* DEPTH 6 MILES / 10 KM
* LOCATION NEAR THE COAST OF VENEZUELA
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------
* ACTIONS REQUIRED TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE... SAFETY AND PROPERTY
WILL VARY WITHIN THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREA.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN OR NEAR THE OCEAN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE
WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND AWAY FROM HARBORS... MARINAS...
BAYS AND INLETS.
* DO NOT GO TO THE SHORE TO OBSERVE THE TSUNAMI.
* DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN
BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
* BE ALERT TO AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE MORE DETAILED OR
SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR YOUR LOCATION.
* BOATERS - WHERE TIME AND CONDITIONS PERMIT... MOVE YOUR BOAT
OUT TO SEA TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 450 FEET.
* BOATERS - IF AT SEA... AVOID ENTERING SHALLOW WATER...
HARBORS... MARINAS... BAYS AND INLETS TO AVOID FLOATING AND
SUBMERGED DEBRIS AND STRONG CURRENTS.
FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
-----------------------------
* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
ARE GIVEN BELOW.
* OBSERVED ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER FROM THESE ETAS AND THE
INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
* FORECAST TSUNAMI HEIGHTS AND DURATIONS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE DURATION OF EACH WAVE
CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
COASTAL ETA FORECAST FORECAST
TERRITORY LOCATION (AST) HEIGHT DURATION
-------------------------------------------------------------
PUERTO RICO PENUELAS 719 PM
MONA ISLAND 721 PM
PONCE 722 PM
YABUCOA 724 PM
CAJA DE MUERTOS 730 PM
MAGUEYES IS 730 PM
MAYAGUEZ 731 PM
AGUADILLA 738 PM
VIEQUES IS 744 PM
ARECIBO 747 PM
SAN JUAN 752 PM
CULEBRA IS 818 PM
FAJARDO 831 PM
USVI CHRISTIANSTED 724 PM
LIMETREE 724 PM
LAMESHUR BAY 805 PM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE 807 PM
BVI ANEGADA 800 PM
VIRGIN GORDA 801 PM
ROADTOWN 853 PM
OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
--------------------------------
* NO OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY ARE AVAILABLE YET.
IMPACTS
-------
* IMPACTS WILL VARY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN PUERTO RICO
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
* SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS THAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 3 FEET
ABOVE AND BELOW THE TIDE LEVEL.
* WAVES AND CURRENTS THAT CAN DROWN OR INJURE PEOPLE IN THE
WATER.
* WAVES AND CURRENTS ON BEACHES AND IN HARBORS... MARINAS...
BAYS... AND INLETS THAT MAY BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.
* THE HAZARD IS FORECAST TO BEGIN AROUND 719 PM AST ON
WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 2026 AND IT CAN PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR
LONGER.
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN THIRTY MINUTES... OR
SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT AND ANY TSUNAMI THREAT
TO PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MAY BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.
* INFORMATION REGARDING ANY TSUNAMI THREAT TO US GULF OR
ATLANTIC COASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE US NATIONAL TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.
* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE CAN BE
OBTAINED FROM THE CORRESPONDING REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK OR
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.
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