මැග් 7ක භූමිකම්පාවක් සුනාමියක් එවයි
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicentre, but prompting no reports of damage or injuries.
A tsunami of half a meter (1.5ft) was measured in the harbor of Rabaul, a town near the epicentre of the magnitude-7.7 earthquake, said Martin Mose, acting director for Papua New Guinea’s national disaster centre. The quake struck at a depth of 40 miles (65km), about 30 miles south-east of the town of Kokopo, near Rabaul, in north-eastern Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre had warned that tsunami waves up to three metres could strike parts of Papua New Guinea, and waves of less than 0.3 metres could hit other Pacific countries, as far north as Russia. The centre lifted the warning a few hours later, after reporting a 3cm tsunami wave was measured at a wharf in the Solomon Islands, about 280 miles from the epicentre
A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicentre, but prompting no reports of damage or injuries.
A tsunami of half a meter (1.5ft) was measured in the harbor of Rabaul, a town near the epicentre of the magnitude-7.7 earthquake, said Martin Mose, acting director for Papua New Guinea’s national disaster centre. The quake struck at a depth of 40 miles (65km), about 30 miles south-east of the town of Kokopo, near Rabaul, in north-eastern Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre had warned that tsunami waves up to three metres could strike parts of Papua New Guinea, and waves of less than 0.3 metres could hit other Pacific countries, as far north as Russia. The centre lifted the warning a few hours later, after reporting a 3cm tsunami wave was measured at a wharf in the Solomon Islands, about 280 miles from the epicentre
