An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 occurred in the Pacific Ocean near the island of New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) on Friday, the Altai-Sayan branch of the United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reports.