5.3-magnitude quake hits New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.3-magnitude quake hits New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-03-30 02:20:15

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 1809 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 5.46 degrees south latitude and 153.75 degrees east longitude. ■