PORT MORESBY – A massive 7.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, causing landslides, cracking roads and damaging buildings, ABC news reported.
While the extent of the damage remains unclear, photos showed debris strewn across highways and cracks opening up in roads.
The quake struck at a depth of 90 kilometres (roughly 56 miles) near Kainantu, a town with a population of roughly 8,500 people, the United States Geological Survey reported.
There have been no reports of deaths and no official confirmation of the damage caused, but residents took to social media to post pictures of cracked roads, damaged cars and items falling off supermarket shelves.
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