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Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes off Papua New Guinea - USGS

  (Reuters)
Singapore
Mon, March 26, 2018

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Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes off Papua New Guinea - USGS An earthquake of 7 magnitude struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, (USGS/USGS)

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n earthquake of 7 magnitude struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km, the USGS said.

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