Moderate earthquake hits New Britain Region of Papua New Guinea

Bernama
July 7, 2016 17:18 MYT

The epicentre of the quake was 183km southwest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, and 3,536km southeast of Semporna, Sabah.

A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, occurred near the New Britain Region of Papua New Guinea at 12.16pm today, said the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

It said in a statement that the epicentre of the quake was 183km southwest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, and 3,536km southeast of Semporna, Sabah.

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