An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at 22:55:26 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 8.00 km, was initially determined to be at 3.1779 degrees south latitude and 142.5143 degrees east longitude.

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