Very Strong earthquake below New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake-report
Update 11:00 UTC : NO
Tsunami (PWTC) - * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.8
OCCURRED IN THE NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 1045 UTC ON
THURSDAY APRIL 30 2015.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA… THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE
Update 10:56 UTC : ER
expects not to hear from any damage from this earthquake, mainly because
it happened in a jungle area without roads and very few villages.
Additionally M6.6 is not very spectacular for PNG who gets regularly M7+
earthquakes. Houses in the jungle have also a lot of resistance against
earthquakes
122km (76mi) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
195km (121mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
335km (208mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
412km (256mi) WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
686km (426mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
195km (121mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
335km (208mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
412km (256mi) WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
686km (426mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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