5.2-magnitude quake hits New Guinea, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.2-magnitude quake hits New Guinea, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-06 03:58:00|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at 1946 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 6.55 degrees south latitude and 143.81 degrees east longitude.

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