At least five people were killed and several households were damaged after a massive earthquake hit Papua New Guinea (PNG) early on Sunday morning, according to media reports.The 7.6 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and killed five people Al Jazeera reported.According to the media report, a local member of parliament, Kessy Sawang said at least two people were killed in remote mountain villages, with four others airlifted to hospital in critical condition. In nearby Wau, Koranga Alluvial Mining said three miners were buried alive."There has been widespread damage," said Sawang, adding a landslide had buried homes and "split" one village where people "lost their houses".The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, said that the earthquake was "massive" and told people to be cautious, but said he expected the damage to be less than that from a 2018 earthquake and series of aftershocks, which killed an estimated 150 people.However, the scale of the ...
