PAPUA New Guinea hit by 6.3 quake

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Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

PAPUA New Guinea hit by 6.3 quake

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    * 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.



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