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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