Magnitude 6.9 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2010 December 02 03:12:11 UTC

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Magnitude	6.9
Date-Time	Thursday, December 02, 2010 at 03:12:11 UTC Thursday, December 02, 2010 at 01:12:11 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	6.111°S, 149.849°E
Depth	32.1 km (19.9 miles)
Region	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances	35 km (20 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 70 km (45 miles) SSW of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 470 km (295 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2385 km (1480 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 12.4 km (7.7 miles); depth +/- 2 km (1.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 96, Nph=102, Dmin=332.8 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0000i8z

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Powerful earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea

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– 1 hr 44 mins ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A powerful earthquake struck waters off Papua New Guinea early Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no threat of a widespread, destructive tsunami.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and struck 20 miles (32 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

It hit near the island province of New Britain, 295 miles (470 kilometers) northeast of the national capital Port Moresby. Residents contacted by phone said they could not even feel the tremor.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement saying there was no threat of a widespread, destructive tsunami.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_on_re_as/as_papua_new_guinea_quake

Two strong quakes strike Papua New Guinea

AFP/Graphic – Map locating the epicentre of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea's New Britain …

2 hrs 6 mins ago

SYDNEY (AFP) – Papua New Guinea was hit by two strong earthquakes around 30 minutes apart on Sunday, geologists said, though no tsunami warning was issued.

A 7.3-magnitude quake hit at 11:35 pm local time (1335 GMT) around 105 kilometres (65 miles) east of Kandrian on New Britain island, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, at a depth of 58 kilometres.

USGS initially gave the magnitude of this quake as 6.8.

Around half an hour earlier, USGS recorded a 6.9-magnitude quake 110 kilometres east of Kandrian, at a depth of 58 kilometres.

The epicentres of both quakes were around 525 kilometres northeast of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a widespread destructive tsunami from either quake, based on previous earthquake and tsunami data.

Papua New Guinea, which is mired in poverty despite rich mineral deposits, sits on the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100718/wl_afp/pngquake_20100718162318