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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/magnitude-70-earthquake-strikes-papua-new-guinea/story-e6frfku0-1225901440334A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea this morning, the US Geological Survey said.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:36:00 +0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-28b866564f59722f0c4f9ad4b7287d21NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805013600http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/strong-64-undersea-quake-hits-png/story-e6frfkui-1225901278715A STRONG, 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck deep off the coast of Papua New Guinea today, but no damage is expected.Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:17:00 +0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-49ef560496c48e09d43db9a9852b2359NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100804111700http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/strong-undersea-quake-hits-png-20100804-11fdw.htmlA strong, 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck deep off the coast of Papua New Guinea.Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:18:00 +0200smhensmh-07dca0f529c7e23148f7a83f0196f680NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100804101800http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/major-70magnitude-earthquake-hits-png-20100805-11gau.htmlA major 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey says, but no tsunami warning was issued.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:25:00 +0200smhensmh-348fe22cf5654c1ee6c8abc9a94f111bNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805012500http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201008/2973952.htm?desktopLast Updated: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:34:00 +1000 An earthquake has shook Papua New Guinea's New Britain island, but no tsunami warning has been issued. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-7.0 quake was centred 145 kilometres east of Kandrain and was 81km deep. The Pacific Tsunami Centre says the quake did not trigger a tsunami warning.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:59:00 +0200australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-716e628721efa883fbda6c5fb71a6300NaturalDisasters20100805005900http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/05/2973943.htmA magnitude-7.0 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea's New Britain island but there are no reports of a tsunami warning.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:54:00 +0200abc-auenabc-au-9cd591949785135febec5f385e493b4aNaturalDisasters20100805005400http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100804-230519.htmlSeismologists said it was unlikely to trigger a tsunami or cause any damage. -AFPWed, 04 Aug 2010 12:59:00 +0200AsiaOneenAsiaOne-22981ee9c632c464d3074e6295f1559fNaturalDisasters20100804125900http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=551226-point-4 quake off PNG coast Posted at 21:18 on 04 August, 2010 UTC A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck deep off the coast of Papua New Guinea yesterday. Seismologists say no Pacific Ocean tsunami was triggered nor any damage reported. The US Geological Survey says the quake was 110 kilometres....Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:55:00 +0200rnzienrnzi-16cbdab25876884331ebf7959e9f48aeNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100804235500http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/05/magnitude-7-quake-shakes-papua-new-guinea.htmlA magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South ...Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:04:00 +0200JakartaPostenJakartaPost-56a72313834572ccf3bdac71aa70bd0dNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805020400http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38566311/ns/world_news/A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South Pacific's most populous island nation.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:45:00 +0200msnbcenmsnbc-e9a9b3063172a3813c2694dfa3761b5cNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805014500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE6730PZ.htm(Changes dateline, adds no reports of damage) WASHINGTON/CANBERRA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea's New Britain island early on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami. Jonathan Kuduon from Papua New Guinea's earthquake monitoring....Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0200alertnetenalertnet-1a82767d1aa2d81c575fe0d7ec7df44cNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805020000http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10663790&ref=rssA 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea this morning, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit New Britain island at 8:01am local time, at a depth of 54 kilometres, said the United States Geological Survey. Its...Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:42:00 +0200nzheraldennzherald-3aab01ebe2950f59570865774903879fNaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.0162-9.48177 147.18420100805014200http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/04/magnitude-7-quake-shakes-papua-new-guinea/CANBERRA, Australia — A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significa...Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:22:00 +0200irishsunenirishsun-cced43c2379c025d828c005d42595d85NaturalDisasters-35.3499 149.04220100805022200http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/05/2973943.htmA magnitude-7.0 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea's New Britain island but there are no reports of a tsunami warning.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:16:00 +0200abc-auenabc-au-98a32406f2cb3189084e646fbd823650NaturalDisasters20100805031600http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/05/2973943.htmA major 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck a remote mountainous region of Papua New Guinea, causing panic but no initial damage or injuries.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:54:00 +0200abc-auenabc-au-0fa958dcd0596ebd89b3b13221568deeNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805025400http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/7-magnitudeearthquakehitsPNG/Article/PORT MORESBY: A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote mountainous region of the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, seismologists said, causing panic but no initial damage or injuries. The quake hit a sparsely populated area of the island of New Britain at 8:01 am (2201 GMT....Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:42:00 +0200nstennst-dac80fb14834ba261a4c1283daec2d5fNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805034200http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Magnitude_7.0_earthquake_hits_New_Britain,_Papua_New_Guinea?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20WikinewsLatestNews%20%28Wikinews%20Latest%20News%29magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale has been reported as having struck the Pacific island of New Britain, the second island in the Papua and New Guinea group. The quake, which struck at 22.01 UTC yeste...Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:24:00 +0200irishsunenirishsun-44123013d089a71d2e69361e7994bb74NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805052400http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/world/Quake-hits-Papua-New-Guinea/Article1-582520.aspxAn earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked Papua New Guinea today morning, but there was no tsunami threat, Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:14:00 +0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-0534d62c59d42bcb6ee5d13b21174198NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805051400http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=515775A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors global seismic activity. To access full stories on Kyodo News English website, it is necessary to subscribe.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:47:00 +0200kyodo-jpenkyodo-jp-99816744012168702ff0adfd0291eac3NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805064700http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=55148Assessment underway in PNG on whether latest quake caused damage Posted at 04:58 on 05 August, 2010 UTC A major earthquake struck a remote region of Papua New Guinea’s New Britian Island this morning, causing panic but there have been no reports of damage or injuries.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:55:00 +0200rnzienrnzi-15a4bd7b0dc669997948e648c4b60f82NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805075500http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0805/breaking3.htmlirishtimes.com - Last Updated: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 07:16 Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea today, US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South Pacific's most populous island nation.Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:24:00 +0200irishtimesenirishtimes-7e7af3054c7ad9840c66f565849fcffcNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805082400http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=55148Assessment underway in PNG on whether latest quake caused damage Posted at 06:39 on 05 August, 2010 UTC Disaster officials have been sent to a remote region in Papua New Guinea’s New Britain after a major earthquake this morning. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude seven quake hit a sparsely....Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:55:00 +0200rnzienrnzi-ac5497448887de1d91718292058b3d9eNaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100805095500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/other/2010/08/06/267599/Magnitude-7.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said.Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:11:00 +0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-8b5a4bba1578d9504c206d6640fdb726NaturalDisasters-9.48177 147.18420100806051100