Strong earthquake hits waters off PNG
A strong earthquake struck waters north of Papua New Guinea, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
The quake, which was estimated at 6.5 on the Richter Scale, was recorded at 8:28pm Hong Kong time, it said in a statement.
Its epicentre was in the sea north of Papua New Guinea, about 590 kilometres east south-east of Jayapura, a town in Indonesia's Papua province.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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