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Urgent: 6.7-magnitude quake rattles off Papua New Guinea

Xinhua, August 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake, which occurred at 0311 GMT, was centered 39 km east of Namatanai with a depth of 499 km, according to the USGS. Endit