3 Die as Quake Wave Washes Away Homes
From Times Wire Reports
A strong earthquake struck just off Papua New Guinea’s northern coast, causing a wave that killed three people and swept away up to 50 seaside homes, officials said.
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit about 530 miles northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, a spokesman for the Australian Geological Survey Organization said. Some roads reportedly collapsed.
Bishop Tony Burgess of the coastal town of Wewak said, “About 40 or 50 houses were washed away. It wasn’t this monstrous tidal wave
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