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Powerful M7.5 earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea - hazardous tsunami waves possible

A powerful earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.5 hit New Britain, Papua New Guinea at 12:58 UTC on May 14, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.5 at a depth of 48 km (29.8 miles).

The epicenter was located 44.2 km (27.5 miles) NE of Kokopo (population 26 273) and 258 km (160 miles) of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

There are 240 000 people living within 100 km (62 miles).

Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, hazardous tsunami waves are possible within 1 000 km (620 miles) along the coasts of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, NTWC said.

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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
208 AM SST TUE MAY 14 2019

...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...

AUDIENCE
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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC

EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.7 OCCURRED IN
THE NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 158 AM SST ON
TUESDAY MAY 14 2019.

* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO
AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 7.7
* ORIGIN TIME 158 AM SST MAY 14 2019
* COORDINATES 4.2 SOUTH 152.5 EAST
* DEPTH 6 MILES
* LOCATION NEW BRITAIN REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

$$

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ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
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* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITH A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. ACTUAL ARRIVAL
TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
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RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4.2S 152.3E 1303 05/14
AMUN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.0S 154.7E 1336 05/14
ULAMONA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.0S 151.3E 1338 05/14
FALAMAE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.4S 155.6E 1341 05/14
WOODLARK ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.0S 152.9E 1344 05/14
KIETA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1S 155.6E 1354 05/14
KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 1356 05/14
LAE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.8S 147.0E 1407 05/14
PANGGOE SOLOMON ISLANDS 6.9S 157.2E 1408 05/14
MUNDA SOLOMON ISLANDS 8.4S 157.2E 1412 05/14
MANUS ISLAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.0S 147.5E 1422 05/14
MADANG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5.2S 145.8E 1440 05/14
GHATERE SOLOMON ISLANDS 7.8S 159.2E 1440 05/14
WEWAK PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3.5S 143.6E 1509 05/14
PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.3S 146.9E 1549 05/14

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