The National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska has issued a bulletin for the U.S. East Coast, the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Canada, and the Caribbean including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck deep under the Atlantic Ocean today.
An additional bulletin released by the Tsunami Warning Center also gave the all-clear to all Caribbean interests.
At 2:33 pm ET today, a 7.6 earthquake struck at a depth of 48 miles in the South Sandwich Islands region of the South Atlantic Ocean. It was followed by impressive aftershocks of 5.9, 5.9, 5.7, and most recently a 6.2 which struck just before 4pm ET. The initial earthquake was centered at 57.596°S 25.187°W.
There have been a few quakes in the Mid-Atlantic fault line region this week, none of which caused dangers of a tsunami..
But this event today caused a few fears before the final bulletin that there was nothing to fear but fear itself..
A few days ago, Strange Sounds was among the sites reporting on the East Coast tsunami danger.
We have a 104 things to worry about and a tsunami ain’t one of them.
Until it is.