A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake happened around 9:46 a.m. Sunday. Its epicenter was about 41 miles east of Kainantu, in the Papua New Guinea highlands, according to the USGS.
Renagi Ravu was meeting with two colleagues at his home in Kainantu on Sunday morning when the earthquake struck. About 10,000 people live in and around his town and there are many scattered settlements in the highlands, he said.
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