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'Small tsunami' recorded after PNG earthquake SYDNEY, Sept 10 (AFP) - Officials said Saturday a "small tsunami" was recorded after a strong earthquake struck off the east coast of Papua New Guinea the previous day, but no casualties or damage had been reported. "We had information on a small tsunami, and that is the concern we have at the moment," Colonel Eric Ani, director of the National Disaster Management Office in Port Moresby, told AFP. Communication with some remote areas was difficult, but there had been no reports of damage or injuries and "we are hopeful that that is it", Ani said. A spokesman for the Volcano Observatory in Rabaul on the island of New Britain told AFP that tide gauges in Rabaul harbour had recorded "a small tsunami after the earthquake, with a maximum of 40 to 50 centimetres (16 to 20 inches) in height." The surge had caused no damage in the harbour, he said. The quake happened at 0735 GMT Friday around 130 kilometres (80 miles) southeast of Rabaul. The government-run Geoscience Australia, which measured the quake at 7.3 on the Richter scale, said its epicentre was located around 95 kilometres (56 miles) below the earth's surface. |
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