Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

  A major earthquake with a magnitude 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea and a tsunami warning was issued soon after.
The epicentre of Monday morning's quake was near the town of Rabaul in the northeast of Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The monitor initally reported a 7.7 magnitude earthquake but later downgraded it to 7.5.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said "hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 1,000 km of the earthquake epicentre along the coasts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands".
The powerful quake struck at a depth of 40km and was followed by two further offshore earthquakes in the vicinity which measured 5.7 and 5.0 respectively.