An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted 179 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea at 06:27:10 Hong Kong Time on Thursday (22:27:10 GMT on Wednesday), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 58.76 km, was initially determined to be at 5.8172 degrees south latitude and 153.9295 degrees east longitude