Powerful 6.0-Magnitude Quake Hits 135 Km SSW Of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

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KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea, Aug 26 (NNN-SPN) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.0, jolted 135 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, at 19:08:53 GMT on Tuesday (last night), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicentre, with a depth of 24.81 km, was initially determined to be at 5.4937 degrees south latitude, and 151.8379 degrees east longitude.