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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Rocks Papua New Guinea, USGS Reports |
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Written by M.Seither
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Earthquake
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David Yong
Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea today, about 691 kilometers (428 miles) northeast of the capital, Port Moresby, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The temblor struck at 11:13 a.m. local time at the depth of 10 kilometers in the Bismarck Sea, the USGS said on its Web site.
No tsunami warning was issued. A similar magnitude quake was also reported on Oct. 28, it said.
Papua New Guinea, located in the South Pacific, consists of a mainland and a collection of islands north of Australia.
The mainland is part of New Guinea, the second largest island after Greenland, according to government data.
 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. -- Luke 21:11
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