Sydney (Australia), Nov 15 (EFE).- An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 shook this Friday the east of the province of East New Britain, in the northeast of Papua New Guinea, without any damage to the territory being reported for the moment. papuan.
The earthquake occurred 123 kilometers east of Kokopo, capital of East New Britain, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which records seismic activity in the world.
The hypocenter of the tremor was located at a depth of 52 kilometers, according to preliminary data on the earthquake, which occurred at 4:28 p.m. local time (6:28 GMT).
Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of great seismic and volcanic activity that is shaken by about 7,000 earthquakes a year, most of them moderate.
On February 26, 2018, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake caused more than a hundred deaths and more than half a million victims in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea. EFE
