Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted 175km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea at 22:03:11 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 3.0918 degrees south latitude and 148.4424 degrees east longtitude.