M6.6 – NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

ON MARCH 26, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	6.6
Date-Time	26 Mar 2018 09:51:01 UTC 26 Mar 2018 19:51:01 near epicenter 26 Mar 2018 13:51:01 standard time in your timezone
Location	5.462S 151.396E
Depth	39 km
Distances	164 km (102 miles) SSW (212 degrees) of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 223 km (139 miles) ENE (68 degrees) of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG 329 km (204 miles) SSE (168 degrees) of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG 507 km (315 miles) ENE (74 degrees) of Lae, New Guinea, PNG 642 km (399 miles) NE (46 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

Italian Upper House Chair,Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati is First Lady to be Speaker

ON MARCH 26, 2018 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, a Forza Italia MP, has been appointed speaker of Italian Senate, local media report. She has become the first woman in the country’s history to chair the parliament’s upper house.

Casellati is a staunch ally of Forza Italia’s leader Silvio Berlusconi. She graduated from the Pontifical Lateran University and practiced as a matrimonial lawyer for several years, having joined Forza Italia in 1994.