5.0-magnitude quake hits Admiralty Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits Admiralty Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-05-09 05:59:45|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Admiralty Islands Region, Papua New Guinea, at 2118 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 2.92 degrees south latitude and 147.70 degrees east longitude.

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