HONG KONG, April 10 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 229 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, at 01:05:49 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 3.581 degrees south latitude and 148.9909 degrees east longitude. ■