No tsunami threat to Hawaii from large quake off Papua New Guinea
COURTESY USGS
A magnitude 7.2 quake struck Papua New Guinea but did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, officials said today.
A major earthquake off a Papua New Guinea did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, officials in Hawaii said late this morning.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, struck at about 11:25 a.m. in Hawaii and was centered about 97 miles south-southwest of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, at a depth of about 6 miles.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Oahu said the quake did not generate a tsunami that would threaten Hawaii, however “hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 kilometers (186 miles) of the epicenter along the coasts of Papua New Guinea.”
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