NEW YORK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 42km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea at 17:21:53 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 41.45 km, was initially determined to be at 5.2151 degrees south latitude and 146.1784 degrees east longitude.