Oro people assured of no effect on Mt Lamington
THE Oro administration has assured people that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which hit the area last Friday had no effect on the Mt Lamington volcano.
Provincial seismologist Lawrence Baisa who had been monitoring Mt Lamington for years said the earthquake was a “separate activity”.
He told The National that Friday’s earthquake resulted from the Australian and Solomon Sea plates colliding.
He said Mt Lamington had been quiet.
The last eruption was 69 years ago which killed around 3,000 people in Northern.
The volcano is 1,680 meters above sea level north of the Owen Stanley Range.
Friday’s earthquake took place 10km offshore on the coastline of the Waria Patrol Post in Morobe and 120km north of Popondetta town.
Baisa said it had occurred offshore and the potential of a tsunami was very low.
Baisa dismissed claims of a tsunami triggered by the earthquake, saying it had occurred about 85km deep into the earth.
He explained that this would be too deep for the tsunami to occur.
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