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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea |
| 2024-04-15 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Papua New Guinea early Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US seismologists said. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 0656 local time (2056 GMT), was roughly 110 kilometres (68 miles) east-southeast of Kimbe on the island of New Britannia, at a depth of 64 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. |
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