A magnitude of 6.6 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Thursday morning. There was no damages or injuries reported caused by the quake and there was alert for potential tsunami, Indonesian officials said.
"So far, the shakes of the quakes is not very strong. There is no building damaged or any injuries so far," Disaster management Agency official said.
The United States Geological Survey reported that the quake was measured by Richter scale at 7.0 magnitude.
The quake occurred at 5:00 a.m., Jakarta time Thursday (22:00 GMT Wednesday). The epicenter of the quake was at 549 km northeast Port Moresby of Papua New Guinea and had 74 km depth under sea bed.
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