A strong earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea Wednesday afternoon around 3 o’clock, sparking fear landslides may occur as a result. The epicenter of the 7.1 magnitude tremor was located about 12 miles from Wau and 55 miles from Lae. It struck at a depth of 75 miles.
The tremor was felt 137 miles away in the capital Port Moresby. Buildings swayed and cars rocked back and forth where they had been parked. Residents fled buildings and sought safe areas outside. There were no immediate reports of damages, injuries or deaths.
There was no threat of a tsunami. A seismologist with Geoscience Australia said the quake was too deep to generate large waves, but could cause landslides in some areas. “It's in a mountainous area so there may be issues of landslides and things like that. That's what's the main problem in that particular part of Papua New Guinea,” said Clive Collins.
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