WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - At least one company began evacuating
non-essential personnel after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit
Papua New Guinea’s energy-rich interior on Monday, causing landslides,
damaging buildings and closing oil and gas operations. The tremor hit in
the rugged, heavily forested Southern Highlands about 560 km (350
miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, at around 3.45 a.m. local
time (1545 GMT Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
A spokesman at Papua New Guinea’s National Disaster Center said by
telephone the affected area was very remote and the agency could not
properly assess damage until communication was re-established. The PNG
government also said it had sent disaster assessment teams.
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