5.3-magnitude quake hits New Britain region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.3-magnitude quake hits New Britain region, Papua New Guinea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-12-22 07:19:00

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted the New Britain region, Papua New Guinea, at 2307 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 5.66 degrees south latitude and 151.84 degrees east longitude.