BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 153 km south of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 2005 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 5.73 degrees south latitude and 152.26 degrees east longitude. ■
