Earthquake Nearly As Powerful As Nepal's Strikes Papua New Guinea; No Tsunami Risk To U.S.
NEW BRITAIN, Papua New Guinea (CBS SF) -- The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude as powerful as the one that rocked Nepal has struck Papua New Guinea.
The USGS says the quake, which was originally reported as a magnitude 7.5 was centered in an area 82 miles SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, and struck at about 5:44 p.m. PDT Monday. It was later downgraded to a 7.4.
The tsunami warning center said that hazardous waves were possible of the quake zone, and less significant waves were possible in the area of the Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, the Philippines, New Zealand, American Samoa, Japan, Indonesia, Guam, Palau, Fiji, Australia, and other surrounding nations.
Below is a list of the expected wave arrival times for the affected countries.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA (UTC)
RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 0204 05/05
AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 0210 05/05
FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 0216 05/05
WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 0216 05/05
KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 0234 05/05
LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 0237 05/05
ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 0239 05/05
MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 0247 05/05
PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 0248 05/05
KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0258 05/05
MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 0310 05/05
HONIARA SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.3S 160.0E 0317 05/05
GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 0320 05/05
MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 0323 05/05
KIRAKIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.4S 161.9E 0336 05/05
AUKI SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.8S 160.6E 0339 05/05
WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 0348 05/05
SANTA CRUZ ISLA SOLOMON ISLANDS 10.9S 165.9E 0409 05/05
VANIMO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.6S 141.3E 0410 05/05
JAYAPURA INDONESIA 2.4S 140.8E 0414 05/05
PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 0421 05/05
CHUUK ISLAND CHUUK 7.4N 151.8E 0424 05/05
POHNPEI ISLAND POHNPEI 7.0N 158.2E 0424 05/05
ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 0425 05/05
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0437 05/05
KOSRAE ISLAND KOSRAE 5.5N 163.0E 0440 05/05
WARSA INDONESIA 0.6S 135.8E 0507 05/05
CAIRNS AUSTRALIA 16.7S 145.8E 0510 05/05
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0512 05/05
ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 0516 05/05
SAIPAN NORTHERN MARIANA 15.3N 145.8E 0517 05/05
YAP ISLAND YAP 9.5N 138.1E 0526 05/05
MANOKWARI INDONESIA 0.8S 134.2E 0526 05/05
KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS 8.7N 167.7E 0528 05/05
ENIWETOK MARSHALL ISLANDS 11.4N 162.3E 0530 05/05
NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA 22.3S 166.5E 0532 05/05
MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 7.1N 171.4E 0543 05/05
FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 0550 05/05
SORONG INDONESIA 0.8S 131.1E 0556 05/05
MALAKAL PALAU 7.3N 134.5E 0605 05/05
BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 27.2S 153.3E 0607 05/05
MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 0614 05/05
BEREBERE INDONESIA 2.5N 128.7E 0616 05/05
WAKE ISLAND WAKE ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0617 05/05
TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 0622 05/05
PATANI INDONESIA 0.4N 128.8E 0630 05/05
FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 0642 05/05
GEME INDONESIA 4.6N 126.8E 0644 05/05
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 33.9S 151.4E 0649 05/05
HOWLAND ISLAND HOWLAND AND BAKE 0.6N 176.6W 0650 05/05
WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.3S 176.3W 0650 05/05
CHICHI JIMA JAPAN 27.0N 142.3E 0652 05/05
SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 0652 05/05
DAVAO PHILIPPINES 6.8N 125.7E 0655 05/05
TABUKAN TENGAH INDONESIA 3.6N 125.6E 0656 05/05
NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 0709 05/05
KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 0713 05/05
RAOUL ISLAND KERMADEC ISLANDS 29.2S 177.9W 0721 05/05
APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 0726 05/05
GLADSTONE AUSTRALIA 23.8S 151.4E 0727 05/05
NORTH CAPE NEW ZEALAND 34.4S 173.3E 0728 05/05
LEGASPI PHILIPPINES 13.2N 123.8E 0731 05/05
PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 0735 05/05
NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 0741 05/05
KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 0743 05/05
HACHIJO JIMA JAPAN 33.1N 139.8E 0745 05/05
PALANAN PHILIPPINES 17.1N 122.6E 0745 05/05
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