Cars, buildings, powerlines shake, shake shake during quake

December 14, 2011 11:52

Details on Papua New Guinea earthquake this morning.

Despite shaking buildings and swaying powerlines, there is no immediate tsunami warning in the aftermath of the quake, initially rated at 7.3, which struck at 3:04 pm (0504 GMT) at a depth of 121 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

Witnesses said people came running out of buildings and parked cars rocked. "It was pretty strong, everybody felt it. I was siting in my car when it hit and it was rocking, rocking, rocking," said an AFP photographer.

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