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Magnitude 6.3 Quake Strikes off Papua New Guinea, No Tsunami Threat

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of an island of the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, officials said, but the tremor posed no tsunami threat to the region. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which was centered in a much more remote region than a magnitude 7.5 tremor that rocked the country's mountainous mainland highlands on February 26, killing 100 people. The epicenter of Saturday's quake was...


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