Strong
6.3-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea
(AFP) – 21 hours ago
PORT MORESBY — Papua New Guinea was hit
Wednesday by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake,
geologists said, though no destructive
tsunami was expected and no immediate damage
was reported.
The quake hit at 5:18 am (1918 GMT Tuesday),
130 kilometres (81 miles) northeast of
Kandrian on New Britain Island at a depth of
36 kilometres, the US Geological Survey
said, revising the location and an earlier
estimate of 6.6 magnitude.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said
that, based on historical data, there was no
immediate threat of a widespread destructive
tsunami.
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