Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
PAPUA New Guinea hit by 6.3 quake
* By staff writers
* From: NewsCore
* July 21, 2010 6:08AM
PAPUA New Guinea was hit by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake early Wednesday
(local time), but no tsunami was expected and no immediate damage
reported.
The quake hit at 5.18am Wednesday (local time), 132km east of Kandrian
on New Britain Island at a depth of 56km, according to geologists with
the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that, based on historical data,
there was no immediate threat of a widespread destructive tsunami.