| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Strong earthquake hits waters off PNG |
| 2005-04-12 |
| A strong earthquake struck waters north of Papua New Guinea, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The quake, which was estimated at 6.5 on the Richter Scale, was recorded at 8:28pm Hong Kong time, it said in a statement. Its epicentre was in the sea north of Papua New Guinea, about 590 kilometres east south-east of Jayapura, a town in Indonesia's Papua province. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. |
| Posted by:God Save The World |