5.9R in Papua New Guinea!

5.9R in Papua New Guinea! It confirms our expectations of a strong 6R event on the way.
It will probably be more but it seems we are in a subdued background at the moment.
Magnitude

	Mw 5.9
Region	NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
Date time	2016-12-24 01:32:16.3 UTC
Location	5.18 S ; 153.63 E
Depth	44 km
Distances	841 km NW of Honiara, Solomon Islands / pop: 56,300 / local time: 12:32:16.3 2016-12-24 177 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea / pop: 26,300 / local time: 11:32:16.3 2016-12-24