There was no tsunami warning or any immediate reports of damage. The USGS later revised the magnitude of the quake down to 5.9. Papua New Guinea is within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.
Today’s quake follows another one measuring 5.7 magnitude which happened at a depth of 8.7 km occurred in eastern Papua New Guinea on December 19 at 21.37 UTC.
The epicentre of this tremor was was 21 miles east-north-east of Kandrian Town (New Britain Island) and 68 km south-south-west of Kimbe City.
An 6.0 magnitude aftershock on March 4 killed 11 more.
A third measuring 6.3 on April 7 aftershock killed another 4.
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A statement carried on the website of the Global Disaster Alert and Comminunication System (GDACS) said: “This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.”
Nevertheless, it warned up to 44,000 people could be affected, based on the tremor’s location.