How can hell or "the lake of fire" last forever if 2 Peter 3:13 states that there will be a new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness?

If hell is said to be beneath, or in the center of the earth as some people may assert, this seems to be in conflict with the scripture quoted in 2 Peter 3:13 that says the new heaven and the new earth will have only righteousness.

2 Peter 3:13

ESV - ¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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