Tsunami warning for papua new guinea: According to the US Geological Survey, a tremendous setback of an earthquake of 6.9 was felt on the coast of New Britain Island on the morning of Saturday (April 5). At the same time, after the earthquake on the coast of New Britain Island, a tsunami warning has been issued for Papua New Guinea.
The center of this vigorous earthquake was at a depth of 10 km of the earth, which came about 194 km south-east of Kimbe at 6.4 am according to local time.
Waves may be one to three meters height
The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, “Tsunami waves are expected to be one to three meters. Apart from this, there is a possibility of small waves of tsunami on Solomon Island.” After warning of a tsunami, it was reported that the second blow of the earthquake was again felt in the same area after about 30 minutes after the 6.9 earthquake on New Britain Island. The intensity of this shock on the Richter scale was measured 5.3.
No information about the loss so far
About 5 lakh people live on New Britain Island. There is no information about any damage after a loud earthquake.
No warnings regarding tsunami in Australia and New Zealand
Australia’s Bureau of Metrology said that there is no threat of tsunami in the neighboring country, the closest to Papua New Guinea. At the same time, no warning has been issued for New Zealand so far.
It is noteworthy that Papua New Guinea is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is famous for activities like continuous earthquake. It is common in this area to have a large number of seismic and landslide activities.
Death toll due to earthquake in Myanmar crosses 3,000
On March 28 (Friday), India’s neighboring country Myanmar had two terrible earthquakes of intensity of 7.7 and 6.4. This earthquake caused complete havoc in the country. Due to this terrible earthquake, the death toll in Myanmar has crossed 3,000 so far, thousands of people were injured and hundreds are still missing.
At the same time, the effect of this earthquake was also seen in the neighboring country of Thailand of Myanmar. This earthquake in Thailand’s capital Bangkok caused a lot of havoc. Many people died.
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