Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea's New Britain region, EMSC says

The EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 58 km (36.04 miles).

Representative image showing a seismograph during an earthquake.

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 58 km (36.04 miles), EMSC said.