Small tsunami seen after Papua New Guinea quake

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New World Supermarket staff in Wanaka mop up spilt milk after today's earthquake. Photo by Mark Price. People ran out of buildings in Wanaka and Queenstown in panic this afternoon as a severe 5.8 magnitude quake struck.

One group of European trekkers gestured that I should move ahead of them. "It's OK," one guy said. "We're all in this together." The security line was deserted. Those who rushed to leave in the days after the quake are long gone. Now Kathmandu seems to be.

“It's rare for Michigan to experience earthquakes, but as we were reminded today, it does happen,” Gov. Rick Snyder said in a statement. “There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage because of today's earthquake, 

Evangelicals bear brunt of Christian deaths. Anto Akkara in Kathmandu, Nepal / Morgan Lee/ May 4, 2015. Maili Tamang clapped and sang along as the remnants of her husband's Kathmandu church gathered for a noon prayer one week after a massive earthquake collapsed the "roof of the world." Editor's Pick I Fought the Law. The Behemoth · I Fought the Law. Now I think it's time to rehabilitate its unsavory reputation. Mark Galli. View this article in Reader Mode.