NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea, at 18:52:04 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 5.00 degrees south latitude and 152.13 degrees east longitude. ■