SYDNEY, May 7, 2014 (AFP) - A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The offshore quake was just one kilometre deep (around half a mile) and centred 96 kilometres southwest of the town of Panguna.
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