SYDNEY, May 07, 2014 (AFP) - A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck
off Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island on Wednesday, the US Geological
Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The offshore quake was just one kilometre deep (around half a mile) and
centred 96 kilometres southwest of the town of Panguna.
Quakes of such magnitude are common in PNG, which sits on the so-called
Pacific "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between
tectonic plates.
"It's quite normal for that area," duty seismologist at Geoscience
Australia Hugh Glanville told AFP of the quake.
"There would have been some shaking on the island but we don't expect much
damage."
Glanville said the tremor was not considered large enough to generate a
tsunami.
SYDNEY, May 07, 2014 (AFP) - A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck
off Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island on Wednesday, the US Geological
Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The offshore quake was just one kilometre deep (around half a mile) and
centred 96 kilometres southwest of the town of Panguna.
Quakes of such magnitude are common in PNG, which sits on the so-called
Pacific "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between
tectonic plates.
"It's quite normal for that area," duty seismologist at Geoscience
Australia Hugh Glanville told AFP of the quake.
"There would have been some shaking on the island but we don't expect much
damage."
Glanville said the tremor was not considered large enough to generate a
tsunami.
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