5.6-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS

NEW YORK, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 23 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea, at 20:43:44 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 59.79 km, was initially determined to be at 6.0086 degrees south latitude and 149.5069 degrees east longitude.