A tsunami warning was issued after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea but it was later withdrawn. The US Geological Survey gave this information.
According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred local time on Saturday morning. Its center was on the beach 194 km (120 mi) from Kimbe city on New Britain Island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning immediately after the earthquake which was later withdrawn.
The warning center issued a warning of one to three meter high waves in some parts of the Papua New Guinea Coastline. A warning of a small waves of 0.3 meters to the nearby Solomon Island was also withdrawn.
There is no immediate information about any damage from the earthquake. More than 5,00,000 people live on New Britain Island. The Meteorological Bureau of Australia, the nearest neighbor of Papua New Guinea, said that there is no threat of tsunami in its country. No warning was issued for New Zealand.
The Papua New Guinea’s Pacific is located on the ‘Ring of Fire’, often earthquakes continue to occur here. The ‘Ring of Fire’ is a bow -shaped line that is in the part of the Pacific Ocean where the most active volcanoes are and hence the risk of earthquake is excessive.
