An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 was recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 was recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea. This was announced on April 13 by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

According to him, the tremor was registered at 03:48 UTC (06:48 Moscow time). The epicenter was located 307 km south of the capital of the state, the city of Port Moresby, which has a population of 283 thousand people. The source was located at a depth of 67 km.

There is no information about damage or casualties.

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The last time an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the center registered on April 12. At that time, the seismic event was located at a depth of 73 km and 855 km northeast of the capital of the state.