Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, EMSC says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday.

The quake was at a depth of 49 km (30.45 miles), EMSC said and the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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