Inyikima enobukhulu obuyi-6.7 inyikima malunga ne-40km kumazantsi mpuma edolophu yaseTaron kwisiqithi saseNew Ireland, ePapua New Guinea ngoLwesine, ingxelo ye-US Geological Survey (USGS) ixele.
Inyikima yabetha kubunzulu be-47km malunga ne-03: 36 GMT. Akukho silumkiso se-tsunami sikhutshiweyo, ngokwe-USGS.
Akukabikho ngxelo zomonakalo okanye ukubhubha ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Isiqithi saseNew Ireland sihlala abantu abamalunga ne-120,000.