6.9 & 7.3 Magnitude Quakes Strike New Guinea Region

From The Sydney Morning Herald

Indonesia said it has lifted a tsunami warning issued after a powerful quake hit off neighbouring Papua New Guinea.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and was centred 525km northeast of the Pacific island's capital, Port Moresby. It struck 57km beneath the ocean floor. It at 1304 GMT (11.04pm AEST) on Sunday.

At 1335 GMT (11.35pm AEST), a second quake with a 6.8-magnitude hit about 105km east of Kandrian on New Britain island, at a depth of 51km.

...Meanwhile, in a moderate 5.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Sunday, the island's Seismology Centre said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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Editor's note: The USGS logs these two quakes as 6.9 & 7.3. The Sydney Morning Herald reported different magnitudes.

MAG 7.3 2010/07/18 13:35:03 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MAP 6.9 2010/07/18 13:04:11 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA