Special Weather Statement

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Special Weather Statement Issued September 18 At 9:36AM AST By NWS San Juan PR

Event: Special Weather Statement
Issued: 2026-09-18 13:36:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-18 13:36:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-18 15:45:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Response: Execute

Description

According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center an earthquake occurred in the vicinity of Puerto Rico at 920 AM AST on Friday September 18, 2026 with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6. The earthquake has been reported as felt lightly. Given the reported intensity of the earthquake it is believed there is no tsunami threat for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. Continue to monitor your favorite news source for more information. Updated information will be issued by emergency officials and the Puerto Rico Seismic Network.

Affected areas

San Juan and Vicinity
Northeast
Southeast
Eastern Interior
North Central
Central Interior
Ponce and Vicinity
Northwest
Western Interior
Mayaguez and Vicinity
Southwest
Culebra Municipio, PR
Vieques Municipio, PR
St.Thomas...St. John.. and Adjacent Islands
St Croix

Public contact

Issuer: NWS San Juan PR
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-18 13:36:25 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~25s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2TBQ38WZC1NH41M8AP5YYZ1
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9e80297750ae4e494623bc4991457f29e3b7e720.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS San Juan PR
AWIPS ID: CAPSJU
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.2199
WMO heading: XOCA52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: Caribbean and Central America (CA)
WMO bulletin number: 52

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	SPS
NationalWeatherService	SPS

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	SPSSJU
WMOidentifier	WWCA82 TJSJ 181336
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS

Locations

Location data

San Juan and Vicinity
Northeast
Southeast
Eastern Interior
North Central
Central Interior
Ponce and Vicinity
Northwest
Western Interior
Mayaguez and Vicinity
Southwest
Culebra Municipio, PR
Vieques Municipio, PR
St.Thomas...St. John.. and Adjacent Islands
St Croix

Name	Value
SAME	072021
SAME	072031
SAME	072033
SAME	072061
SAME	072127
SAME	072135
SAME	072137
SAME	072139
SAME	072029
SAME	072037
SAME	072053
SAME	072069
SAME	072087
SAME	072089
SAME	072103
SAME	072119
SAME	072015
SAME	072057
SAME	072095
SAME	072109
SAME	072123
SAME	072151
SAME	072007
SAME	072025
SAME	072035
SAME	072041
SAME	072045
SAME	072063
SAME	072077
SAME	072085
SAME	072129
SAME	072013
SAME	072017
SAME	072051
SAME	072054
SAME	072091
SAME	072143
SAME	072145
SAME	072009
SAME	072019
SAME	072039
SAME	072043
SAME	072047
SAME	072073
SAME	072101
SAME	072105
SAME	072107
SAME	072149
SAME	072059
SAME	072075
SAME	072111
SAME	072113
SAME	072133
SAME	072153
SAME	072005
SAME	072027
SAME	072065
SAME	072071
SAME	072115
SAME	072001
SAME	072081
SAME	072083
SAME	072093
SAME	072121
SAME	072131
SAME	072141
SAME	072003
SAME	072011
SAME	072067
SAME	072097
SAME	072099
SAME	072117
SAME	072125
SAME	072023
SAME	072055
SAME	072079
SAME	072049
SAME	072147
SAME	078020
SAME	078030
SAME	078010
UGC	PRZ001
UGC	PRZ002
UGC	PRZ003
UGC	PRZ004
UGC	PRZ005
UGC	PRZ006
UGC	PRZ007
UGC	PRZ008
UGC	PRZ009
UGC	PRZ010
UGC	PRZ011
UGC	PRZ012
UGC	PRZ013
UGC	VIZ001
UGC	VIZ002