Urgent: 5.8-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.8-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-08-16 19:22:00

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 1059 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 124.2 km, was initially determined to be at 5.55 degrees south latitude and 146.72 degrees east longitude.