5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea

21 July 2019 03:40 (UTC+04:00)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 23 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea, at 20:43:44 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports.

The epicenter, with a depth of 59.79 km, was initially determined to be at 6.0086 degrees south latitude and 149.5069 degrees east longitude.

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