Additionally learn: Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Central Turkey area once more

The quake had a depth of 38 kilometres (23 miles), the USGS mentioned, and was recorded within the sparsely populated West New Britain archipelago area on Sunday morning.

The shaking was felt at a Walindi Plantation Resort close to the city of Kimbe about 80 kilometres away from the quake but it surely was described by a employee as “not too unhealthy”.

“Nobody actually reacted, it shook, however no injury,” resort employee Vanessa Hughes advised AFP.