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A tsunami warning has been issued for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the U.S.

Just over 500,000 people live on the island of New Britain. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat to the country, which is Papua New Guinea's closest neighbor.

It was centred 194 km (120 miles) east of the town of Kimbe, on the island of New Britain. The USGS issued a tsunami warning for waves of 1 to 3 metres along the Papua New Guinea coastline after ...

The shallow quake was forecast to produce tsunami waves of one to three metres. A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday morning off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Britain Island ...

A tsunami warning was canceled for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was shallow, striking the Pacific island nation at a ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck the Pacific island nation at a depth of six ...

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