SYDNEY: A fresh 6.1-magnitude tremor rattled Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island on Sunday as officials scrambled for news of damage and casualties following a powerful earthquake overnight that sparked a tsunami alert.
The 7.5-magnitude quake struck 75 kilometers (47 miles) southwest of the town of Panguna on Bougainville at a depth of 30 kilometers at around 11:30pm local time on Saturday.
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