5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-01-27 01:26:15

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Papua New Guinea at 1706 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 6.52 degrees south latitude and 143.47 degrees east longitude.