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Severe earthquakes have hit Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian island of Bali, but no major damage has been reported in the immediate aftermath.
The earthquake in Papua has raised the possibility of a local tsunami, although authorities have stated that there is no significant tsunami threat in Hawaii or in the wider region of Papua. Peaceful.
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Papua New Guinea hit about 118 km east of Kimbe in western New Britain on Thursday morning. It was followed by aftershocks of magnitude 5.7 and 5.9.
A little over an hour later, an earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck further north-east of the island.
According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's oceanographer, David Walsh, any earthquake tsunami would only affect areas immediately around the epicenter.
Scientists do not have tide gauges near the site of the earthquake and are not able to tell if tsunamis have been generated.
Walsh says that more remote areas will probably not be affected because the earthquake is not "terribly important" and many sites are protected by masses of land and islands.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, killing three people in Java and damaging buildings while causing panic among residents.
Earlier on Thursday, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, killing three people in Java and damaging buildings while causing panic among locals.
The International Monetary Fund and its sister lending organization, the World Bank, hold annual meetings until Sunday on the popular island of Bali.
Some tourists and residents went outside as a precaution, then went back to sleep when there was no tsunami warning.
The three deaths in East Java occurred after the collapse of the buildings while people were sleeping, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency in Nairobi. Indonesia.
Indonesia is still shocked by an earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi, which claimed more than 2,000 lives.
