パプアニューギニアでM7.0の地震

パプアニューギニア M7.0の地震

パプアニューギニア地震

日本時間2023年4月3日03時04分

■地震の規模
7 mww± 0.0

■震源地 Papua New Guinea
4.292°S  143.155°E± 8.1 km

■深さ
62.6 km± 4.8

■発生日時
2023-04-02 18:04:10.747 UTC

報道・動画・SNS

7.1 Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea#earthquake #quake #sismo
Long Version:https://t.co/GQYRuwaVcN pic.twitter.com/a4OoyNo6CZ

— Meteor News (@FishNewsChannel) April 2, 2023

M7.0 quake hits northern Papua New Guinea

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea early Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake hit some 700 kilometers northwest of the capital Port Moresby around 4:04 a.m. local time at a depth of 62.6 km. It was not immediately clear whether there were injuries or damage caused by the quake.

There is no threat of tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.

The Japanese Embassy in Papua New Guinea said it has received no information that Japanese nationals have been affected.

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region at the edge of the Pacific Ocean that experiences frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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