Magnitude 6.0 earthquake — Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at a depth of about 21 km. Details, shaking intensity and any tsunami information are on the USGS event page.
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Papua New Guinea lies in a region where several large sections of the Earth’s crust meet and move, making earthquakes common. Kokopo is a town on New Britain island, in the Bismarck Archipelago, an area shaped by this geological activity.
The US Geological Survey records and maps earthquakes, including their estimated size, depth and location. How strongly a quake is felt depends on factors such as its depth and distance from communities, while the risk of a tsunami depends on whether it moves the seabed; those details help people assess possible effects.