No tsunami threat in Hawaii after major earthquake in Papua New Guinea

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UPDATE: 11:40

A tsunami throughout the Pacific is not expected and there is no tsunami threat in Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center announced in a bulletin.

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A major earthquake struck the coast of Papua New Guinea this morning.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck at 10:48 am today at a depth of 24.5 miles and was centered 118 miles northeast of Kokopo, in eastern New Britain. , Papua New Guinea, according to the US Geological Survey.

A tsunami threat exists in parts of the Pacific that are closer to the earthquake, "said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in a bulletin. "But it is still too early to determine if there is a potential threat of tsunami in Hawaii."

According to the preliminary parameters of the earthquake, dangerous tsunami waves are possible on the coasts located less than 300 km from the epicenter of the earthquake, "said the PTWC.

Any possible tsunami threat in Hawaii would begin at 19:16. Hawaii at the earliest, said the agency.