Magnitude 5.7 earthquake — Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Kiunga, Papua New Guinea at a depth of about 10 km. Details, shaking intensity and any tsunami information are on the USGS event page.
Explained simply
Papua New Guinea lies in the south-west Pacific, where several large sections of the Earth’s outer crust meet and move. This makes the country prone to earthquakes, which can happen at different depths beneath the ground.
Kiunga is a town in western Papua New Guinea, near the border with Indonesia. The US Geological Survey records earthquake locations and measurements; the effects of a quake can vary with its depth, distance from communities and local ground conditions.