NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea, at 17:36:02 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 6.87 degrees south latitude and 150.22 degrees east longitude. ■