Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning cancelled

WELLINGTON: A tsunami warning was cancelled for Papua New Guinea after a robust magnitude 6.9 earthquake, based on the US Geological Survey.

The quake was shallow, putting the Pacific island nation at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) on Saturday morning native time. It was centered offshore, 194 km (120 miles) east of the city of Kimbe, on the island of New Britain.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Middle later referred to as off an alert issued instantly after the jolt that warned of waves of 1 to three meters alongside some elements of the Papua New Guinea shoreline. A warning about smaller waves of 0.3 m issued for close by Solomon Islands was additionally referred to as off.

There have been no instant studies of harm. Simply over 500,000 individuals reside on the island of New Britain.

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology mentioned there was no tsunami risk to the nation, which is Papua New Guinea’s closest neighbour. No warning was issued for New Zealand.

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fireplace,” the arc of seismic faults across the Pacific Ocean the place a lot of the world’s earthquake and volcanic exercise happens.