120100 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2022/01/10/5-9-magnitude-quake-hits-off-eastern-png/PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometers (kms) at 0205 GMT in the Solomon Sea, around 200 kms off the southern coast of New Britain island, according to the USGS.2022-01-09T18:17+0100tribuneonline-2ae382521fe9020b0c81b4889338fc8720220109181700https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1538088/5-9-magnitude-quake-hits-off-eastern-papua-new-guinea-usgsPORT MORESBY — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometers (12 miles) at 0205 GMT in the Solomon Sea, around 200 km off the southern coast of New Britain island, according to the USGS.2022-01-09T07:15+0100inquirer-f1c33a22adf4a85f4b0f8b4c85296b8f20220109071500https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/360904Damage to a road in Papua New Guinea’s highlands region after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on February 27, 2018. An earthquake of 5.9 in magnitude hits at a depth of 19km in the Solomon Sea about 200km off the southern coast of New Britain island, Papua New Guinea. – AFP pic, January 9, 2022. A 5.2022-01-09T06:50+0100themalaysianinsight-7d633942f64a81ff3280b698bdf5181a20220109065000https://www.brecorder.com/news/40145772/59-magnitude-quake-hits-off-eastern-papua-new-guinea-usgsPORT MORESBY: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometres (12 miles) at 0205 GMT in the Solomon Sea, around 200 km off the southern coast of New Britain island, according to the USGS.2022-01-09T06:41+0100brecorder-68fc800dc84b0cbf3f6421ee384c909f20220109064100