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May 14, 2019
– 14:05
No casualties or material damage have been reported yet. The earthquake was 28 km from the city of Kokopo and at a depth of 10 km.
A Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale on the coasts of New Papua Guinea has triggered a tsunami warning in much of the Pacific Ocean. The epicenter was located northeast of the city of Kokopo, at a depth of 10 km.
Until the moment No casualties or material damage has been reported. The alert, on the other hand, he retired three hours later although neighboring communities remain attentive.
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# Tsunami warning issued following the magnitude 7.5 earthquake near #Papouasie, New Guinea. It is one of the most active subduction zones in the world, as the Australian plate converges with and moves under the Pacific plate. Shallow earthquake (10 km deep) increases tsunami risk pic.twitter.com/cjZx78Z5hH
– Chris Murphy TWN (@MurphTWN) May 14, 2019
"It was huge, really huge, very alarming" Megan Martin, director of a hotel complex in Kokopo called Ropopo Plantation, told AFP. "It does not seem that we have suffered damage, but we are checking," he added.
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Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea in the Pacific. It is located in the so-called fire belt, the arc formed by areas of strong seismic and volcanic activity. Some 7,000 tremors are shaking the region each year, most of them moderate. Last year, an earthquake with similar characteristics resulted in the death of 31 people.
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