Powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck about 20 miles to the northwest of Bulolo, Papua-New Guinea on Monday.
Bulolo is located on the eastern end of the island.
There have been no reports of deaths, injuries or damage or injury so far.
According to the Tsunami Center, no tsunami warning is expected, since the epicenter of the earthquake was 78 miles deep.
Preliminary Report:
Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time โข 6 May 2019 21:19:36 UTC
โข 7 May 2019 07:19:36 near epicenter
Location 6.977S 146.440E
Depth 126 km
Distances โข 33.4 km (20.7 mi) NW of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
โข 50.3 km (31.2 mi) NW of Wau, Papua New Guinea
โข 66.5 km (41.2 mi) WSW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
โข 152.7 km (94.7 mi) SE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
โข 207.1 km (128.4 mi) SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 7.5 km; Vertical 5.3 km
Parameters Nph = 118; Dmin = 279.7 km; Rmss = 0.94 seconds; Gp = 19ยฐ