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

2026-11-14 07:45:15

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at 2330 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 1.43 degrees south latitude and 150.03 degrees east longitude. ■