Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong Earthquake strikes off coast of Papua New Guinea
* By staff writers
* From:
news.com.au
* February 02, 2010 10:15AM
AN earthquake of 6.5 magnitude has struck deep under the sea off the
west coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, US monitors said.
The quake struck at 08.28 (AEDT) at a depth of 74km, the US Geological
Survey said.
Its epicentre lay 126km west of Arawa.
There was no immediate alert issued by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami
Warning Centre.