Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- A POWERFUL magnitude 6.9 earthquake has rattled Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas.
- The shallow quake struck just 120 miles east of Kimbe, a coastal town in the New Britain region, around 9.04 pm local time, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
- The epicenter was offshore, at a depth of just six miles, amplifying tsunami fears.
- The USGS warned that waves between one to three meters could slam into parts of Papua New Guinea’s coastline, while a separate advisory for the Solomon Islands cautioned about possible waves up to 0.3 meters.
- There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but authorities remain on high alert.
- The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) pegged the quake at magnitude 7.1, deeper at 49 km, highlighting slight discrepancies in early readings.
- It comes just days after a horror 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through Myanmar, with tremors being felt all the way in Bangkok, Thailand.
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