Mild Tremor Shook Papua New Guinea
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Sydney, Australia (AHN) - A mild earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injuries resulting from the tremor. Seismologist said the ground shook at 7:57 local time (0957 GMT) just off the western coast of the country's Bougainville Island. The US Geological Survey said the tremor was recorded at a depth of 83 kilometers below the seabed. The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale, now used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released. At least 654 people were killed in Indonesia this week when a 7.7-magnitude quake sent tsunamis crashing into the south coast of Java island.
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