6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Kandrian, Papua New Guinea on Saturday.

Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) : An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Kandrian, Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania. The earthquake occurred at 21:24:48 (UTC+05:30) and hit Kandrian, Papua New Guinea on Saturday, at a depth of 38.2 km, the USGS informed. The earthquake's epicenter was 6.111°S and 149.793°E, respectively. No casualties have been reported yet. Further details awaited.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred 273 km east northeast of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 02:14:52 am IST on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 26-02-2023, 02:14:52 IST, Lat: 38.10 & Long: 73.39, Depth: 180 Km, Location: 273km ENE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan," NCS tweeted on Sunday. The quake struck at a depth of 180 kilometres, at a latitude of 38.10 and a longitude of 73.39.

On February 25, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Ritcher Scale hit Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, Japan's news agency Kyodo News reported citing the weather agency. Japan's Meteorological Agency said that no tsunami had been issued following the earthquake that mainly rattled the eastern part of Hokkaido at 10:27 p.m.

Japan's weather agency said that the earthquake registered a lower 5 on the country's seismic intensity scale of 7, the weather agency said.There were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage. The quake, which occurred at a depth of 60 kilometres in the Pacific Ocean off Kushiro, also shook a wider region including northeastern Japan and eastern Japan, Kyodo agency said. (ANI)

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