6.0-magnitude earthquake hits New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea: GFZ-Xinhua

6.0-magnitude earthquake hits New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea: GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-10-31 07:16:00

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- 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.