Aftershocks rattle PNG

STRONG aftershocks are rocking Papua New Guinea’s remote and rugged highlands, a week after the largest quake to hit the region in almost a century killed at least 31 people.

Three aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands, about 600km northwest of the capital Port Moresby early yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, including a shallow magnitude 6 quake.

The strong tremors hit a region already badly damaged by a February 26 magnitude 7.5 quake that triggered landslides and flattened buildings.