NEW YORK, March 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 44 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea, at 19:42:55 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 13.7 km, was initially determined to be at 6.41 degrees south latitude and 149.89 degrees east longitude. ■