Ua hōʻea kahi ʻōlaʻi ʻo 7.0 ka nui ma Papua New Guinea i ka hola 7:00 o ka manawa kūloko. Ua lawa ka ikaika e hoʻopuka i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo kai eʻe.
Wahi a ka Pacific Warning Warning Center ua hiki ke kali ʻia nā nalu ma lalo o 30 kenimika ma nā kahakai ma Papua New Guinea a me nā mokupuni ʻo Solomon kokoke.
Ua kau ʻia ke ōlaʻi ma kahi mokupuni mamao loa o New Britain, a ʻaʻohe hōʻike e pili ana i ka poino i hāʻawi ʻia. Aia ke kikowaena o ke ōlaʻi ma kahi o 200 mau mile ma ke komohana hema o Rabaul ma kahi hohonu o 40 mau kilomita.
Aia ma kahi o 2 mau aftershock me ka nui i ʻoi aku ma mua o 5 mai ia manawa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Wahi a ka Pacific Warning Warning Center ua hiki ke kali ʻia nā nalu ma lalo o 30 kenimika ma nā kahakai ma Papua New Guinea a me nā mokupuni ʻo Solomon kokoke.
- Ua pa ke olai ma kekahi mokupuni mamao loa o Beretania, a aole i hoopukaia mai na lono no ka poino.
- Aia ka epicenter o ke ōlaʻi ma kahi o 200 mau kilomita ma ke komohana hema o Rabaul ma kahi hohonu o 40 mau kilomita.
