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Strong earthquake strikes New Britain region, Papua New Guinea


  • Earthquake rocks New Britain
  • Magnitude 6.0 quake rocks Papua New Guinea
  • Quake strikes 75 miles of Kandrian

Strong Magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck New Britain region, Papua New Guinea today.

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time 13 Feb 2021 15:33:58 UTC 14 Feb 2021 01:33:58 near epicenter
Location 7.293S 149.397E
Depth 51 km
Distances 121.3 km (75.2 mi) S of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea 207.3 km (128.5 mi) NE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea 209.4 km (129.8 mi) SSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 272.7 km (169.1 mi) ESE of Lae, Papua New Guinea 296.0 km (183.5 mi) E of Wau, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 9.0 km; Vertical 4.4 km
Parameters Nph = 69; Dmin = 1002.1 km; Rmss = 0.96 seconds; Gp = 43°

There were no reports of casualties or damage so far. No tsunami warning was issued



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