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blackbomb22 t1_ja1vj1f wrote

Is this related to the one that hit Japan, or are they unrelated?

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Dt2_0 t1_ja2fs9r wrote

Unrelated. Earthquakes happen all the time. You don't hear about them because usually the big ones don't hit in extremely vulnerable areas like Turkey. One does, and for a month or so, the media freaks out about earthquakes for a while.

Papua New Guinea is located in the Ring Of Fire, and has several large volcanoes. Like Japan (also in the Ring of Fire), quakes like this are not uncommon.

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