The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service has assured residents that a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the central Mid-Atlantic poses no tsunami threat to the twin-island nation.
According to Antigua News Room, the Meteorological Service issued a Tsunami Information Statement at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, confirming the earthquake struck at 2:57 p.m. AST along the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of approximately 10 kilometres. Preliminary data placed the epicentre near coordinates 0.4 degrees south and 20 degrees west.
Authorities were direct in their assessment. "Based on all available data, there is no significant tsunami threat from this earthquake," the statement read.
Officials acknowledged a very small possibility of tsunami waves affecting Atlantic coastlines closest to the epicentre, but stressed that no action is required in Antigua and Barbuda.
Despite the all-clear, the Meteorological Service used the occasion to encourage the public to review tsunami evacuation plans and familiarise themselves with designated safe areas, particularly those living in coastal communities.
The Service added that no further statements are expected unless new information emerges or conditions change.
