Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunesilinganiso esingu-6.7 magnitude kuzamazame endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-40 eningizimu-mpumalanga yedolobha iTaron esiqhingini saseNew Ireland, ePapua New Guinea ngoLwesine, kubika i-US Geological Survey (USGS).
Ukuzamazama komhlaba kugasele ekujuleni okungaba ngu-47km ngezithuba zabo-03:36 GMT. Asikho isexwayiso se-tsunami esikhishiwe, ngokusho kwe-USGS.
Akukaze kube nemibiko yomonakalo noma abalimele kuze kube manje. Isiqhingi saseNew Ireland sihlala abantu abangaba ngu-120,000.