Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at 0547 Beijing Time on Sunday (2147 GMT on Saturday), the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 9.90 km, was initially determined to be at 3.5292 degrees south latitude and 145.1919 degrees east longitude.