A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. United States Geological Services (USGS) put on guard on the tsunami threat. The strongest tsunamis manifest after the 7.6 magnitude earthquakes. The epicenter of the earthquake was situated at a depth of 10 km, 348 km northwest of the Papua New Guinea funds, the town of Port Moresby. 283 thousand people today reside there.
The earthquake also occurred in Indonesia: the epicenter was situated 175 km west of the metropolis of Padang (inhabitants – 840 thousand men and women). Its magnitude was 6.1.
In 1998, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Papua New Guinea. It was adopted by a tsunami with a top of 5 meters. As a result, 2 thousand persons died, 700 people today ended up injured.
A single of the strongest tsunamis strike the Indian Ocean islands in 2004 just after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake. As a result, 230,000 persons died. Most of the useless had been in Indonesia: 167,000 folks.
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