The United States Geological Survey (USGS) stated that a strong 6.9-distance earthquake occurred from the coast of Papua New Guinea in New Guinea on Saturday morning.
According to an advice from the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the shallow earthquake was forecast to produce a tsunami of one to three meters from a depth of 10 kilometers (six mi) at a depth of 10 kilometers (six mi).
Small waves of less than 0.3 meters were also forecast for parts of the neighboring Pacific Nation Solomon Island.
The earthquake local time (2004 GMT) was killed at 6:04 pm and focused up to 194 km (120 mi) in the south -east of Kimbe.
According to the USGS, a very small earthquake with an initial magnitude of 5.3 occurred in the same place about 30 minutes later.
Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits on top of the seismic “ring of fire” – an arc of acute tectonic activity that extends into Southeast Asia and Pacific Basin.
Although they rarely cause extensive damage in populated areas, they can trigger disastrous landslides. The earthquake was killed at 6:04 pm at the local time (2004 GMT) and the nearest city was about 194 kilometers (120 mi) in the south -east of Kimbe.
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