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Powerful 7.5 Earthquake Hits in Papua New Guinea
weather channel ^ | By Jan Wesner ChildsĀ·

Posted on 05/14/2019 8:16:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A​ tsunami alert was issued for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands but was later cancelled.

The epicenter of the quake was about 28 miles northeast of Kokopo, in New Britain province. The city is on a smaller island northeast of the main island and about 495 miles from the the capital of Port Moresby.

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," named for its active volcanoes and earthquakes. About 90 percent of Earth's quakes happen along this 25,000-mile horseshoe that loops from South America to Europe and back down to the coast off Australia

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: earthquake; newguinea; papua; papuanewguinea

1 posted on 05/14/2019 8:16:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

“And Lord, bless the starving pygmies in New Guinea.”


2 posted on 05/14/2019 8:45:49 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: BenLurkin

“About 90 percent of Earth’s quakes happen along this 25,000-mile horseshoe that loops from South America to Europe and back down to the coast off Australia.”

Knowledge. Get some.


3 posted on 05/14/2019 8:58:08 AM PDT by chulaivn66 ("...government will follow its natural tendency to despotism.")
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Muslim Countries, Muslims and financial support heading there as we speak. /sarc
4 posted on 05/14/2019 9:07:44 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: chulaivn66

Yes, that stuck out to me as well...


5 posted on 05/14/2019 9:09:18 AM PDT by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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To: BenLurkin

Parker dug too deep?


6 posted on 05/14/2019 10:36:55 AM PDT by pas
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