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Quake measuring 6.0 hits New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea: GFZ

Quake measuring 6.0 hits New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea: GFZ

New York, Oct 31 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea, at 12:18:52 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 515.5 km, was initially determined to be at 4.32 degrees south latitude and 150.08 degrees east longitude.
UNI/XINHUA ARN

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