An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea. This was announced on April 12 by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

According to experts, the tremor was recorded at 03:47 UTC (06:47 Moscow time). The earthquake struck at a depth of 73 km and was located 855 km northeast of the city of Port Moresby, which has a population of 283 thousand people.

There was no information about casualties or damage. No tsunami threat has been announced.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on April 8. The seismic event occurred at a distance of 156 km south-east of the city of General Santos with a population of 679 thousand people. The earthquake was located at a depth of 10 km.