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Un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacude Papúa Nueva Guinea, según informó el Servicio de Vigilancia Geológica de los Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés).

Location


3.178°S 142.514°E depth=8.0km (5.0mi)


Nearby Cities


19km (12mi) ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

130km (81mi) WNW of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

145km (90mi) ESE of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

213km (132mi) ESE of Jayapura, Indonesia

863km (536mi) NW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea



PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
402 PM PDT TUE APR 16 2013

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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 * THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

 * THIS EVALUATION IS BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND
   HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS.

 * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * MAGNITUDE      6.8
 * ORIGIN TIME    1455 AKDT APR 16 2013
                  1555  PDT APR 16 2013
                  2255  UTC APR 16 2013
 * COORDINATES    3.1 SOUTH 142.6 EAST
 * DEPTH          6 MILES
 * LOCATION       NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA PNG.


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