Off the coast of Papua New Guinea there was an earthquake

Off the coast of Papua New Guinea, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred. This was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

According to seismologists, tremors recorded at 14:07 UTC (17:07 GMT). The hearth lay at a depth of 53 km, and the epicenter was located 88 km southeast of the city of Arava with a population of 40.2 thousand people.

Information about the victims and destruction is not specified.

On October 9, an earthquake struck Panama. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, its magnitude reached 7.7. The epicenter was located about 10 km south-west of the remote village of Pitalosa Arriba in the central province of Herrera, the hearth lay at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Russian tourists told about the consequences of the earthquake in Panama.

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