Thursday, June 15, 2006
Strong earthquakes hit PNG, Tonga
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baby 2Posted by Beewitch Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Sydney Morning Herald) from Tonga.
Two strong earthquakes shook the South Pacific on Sunday but there were no reports of major damage or injury and seismologists said they did not signal an increase in seismic activity in the quake-prone region.
The quakes in Tonga and Papua New Guinea hit within 10 minutes but were unrelated to a strong quake on Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday which killed more than 3000 people, seismologists said.
There were no immediate fears of tsunamis being generated by either of Sunday's quakes, which were both deep below the Earth's surface, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said.
Tonga, a nation of about 169 islands and 115,000 people, was hit by a quake measuring 6.7 in magnitude at 4.36pm local time, US and Australian seismologists said. Read More...
baby 2Posted by Beewitch Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Sydney Morning Herald) from Tonga.
Two strong earthquakes shook the South Pacific on Sunday but there were no reports of major damage or injury and seismologists said they did not signal an increase in seismic activity in the quake-prone region.
The quakes in Tonga and Papua New Guinea hit within 10 minutes but were unrelated to a strong quake on Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday which killed more than 3000 people, seismologists said.
There were no immediate fears of tsunamis being generated by either of Sunday's quakes, which were both deep below the Earth's surface, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said.
Tonga, a nation of about 169 islands and 115,000 people, was hit by a quake measuring 6.7 in magnitude at 4.36pm local time, US and Australian seismologists said.
