BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 44 km SSE of Tari, Papua New Guinea at 23:29:42 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 6.23 degrees south latitude and 143.08 degrees east longitude. ■