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Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-09 17:55:17

    HONG KONG, Sept. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked the east coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, at 3:35 p.m. (0735 GMT) Friday, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

    The epicenter was initially determined to be 4.6 south latitude, 153.3 east longitude, about 130 kilometers east-southeast of Rabaul. Enditem
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