The quake hit around 58 kilometres (36 miles) southwest of Taron, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 50 kilometres at around 1930 GMT (Saturday), the US Geological Survey said on its website. There were no inital reports of damage.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had no tsunami warning on its website.
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