Papua New Guinea

"Everything was like sitting on a sea – just floating," said a worker at the Jais Aben Resort near the coastal town of Madang.

It's challenging," said Ms Nellie Pumai of Manolos Aviation, which had transported one person out and was trying to return. Earthquakes are common in PNG, which sits on the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire”, a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates. State-backed communications firm DataCo said it was experiencing "multiple service disruptions" to the operation of a domestic undersea communications cable as well as the PIPE Pacific Cable 1 that runs from Sydney to Guam. However, the scale of the damage and number of casualties was still unclear. The nation's leader James Marape said the quake was "massive" and told people to be cautious, but said he expected the damage to be less than that from a 2018 quake that killed at least 126 people. The full extent of damage was not immediately clear as the location of the earthquake was remote.

One person was killed with other casualties unconfirmed as a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) PNG said it was responding with initially one aircraft for the medical evacuation of four wounded. He said national and provincial disaster agencies, as well as leaders, had been asked to assess the scale of damage and injuries to people. The quake had also affected power supply in these areas.

On the FOX Weather Earthquake Tracker, data reported a Magnitude 7.6 that hit northwest of the city of Lae at 9:46 a.m. local time at a depth of about 56 miles.

The magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck at 9:45 a.m. It was felt around the country, including in the national capital Port Moresby where moderate to severe shaking was felt for over a minute. In 1989, a Magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred about 15 miles away from Saevent. A second earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 happened at 10:42 a.m. A medical evacuation of four people was performed from Nankina in Rai Coast. local time about 50 miles northwest of the city of Lae.

Papua New Guinea residents took to the social media sharing images and videos of cracked roads, damaged buildings and cars.

But local media reports said at least one person had died and there were unconfirmed reports of buried houses and widespread damage. There was no immediate tsunami threat to Australia, its Bureau of Meteorology said. Jerome Kay/Handout via REUTERS Image used for illustrative purpose.

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Sunday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people, with several others ...

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The "Ring of Fire" also runs through Papua New Guinea; therefore, this area is prone to earthquakes due to fault lines. The "ring" is the longest fault-line ...

It's a wonder that plenty of people flock to live in the area around the "ring" despite this. It is a fact that a tremor measuring almost the same as this time killed 60 people and wounded 500 in 2018. A tremor anytime is a common occurrence in the areas near the "ring". Numerous volcanoes dot the areas close to the 'ring". The "Ring of Fire" also runs through Papua New Guinea; therefore, this area is prone to earthquakes due to fault lines. [Nazca](/topic/nazca)in the [Philipines Sea Plate](/topic/philipines-sea-plate)to the [Pacific Plate](/topic/pacific-plate).

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Sunday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people, with several others ...

It's challenging," said Nellie Pumai of Manolos Aviation, which had transported one person out and was trying to return. State-backed communications firm DataCo said it was experiencing "multiple service disruptions" to the operation of a domestic undersea communications cable as well as the PIPE Pacific Cable 1 that runs from Sydney to Guam. The nation's leader, James Marape, said the quake was "massive" and told people to be cautious, but said he expected the damage to be less than that from a 2018 quake and series of aftershocks, which killed an estimated 150 people.

The three people died in a landslide in the gold-mining town of Wau, said Morobe Provincial Disaster Director Charley Masange. Other people had been injured ...

[magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 2018](https://apnews.com/article/f17f75b504734c4cb6f844b98c6c6be3) in the nation’s central region killed at least 125 people. It sits on the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs. According to the U.S. Masange said it could take some time to assess the full extent of the injuries and damage in the region. “They are starting to clean up their houses and the streets,” he said. Other people had been injured from falling structures or debris, and there was damage to some health centers, homes, rural roads and highways, Masange told The Associated Press.

The quake happened around 9:46 a.m. Sunday. Its epicenter was about 41 miles east of Kainantu, in the Papua New Guinea highlands, according to the USGS. One ...

Other people in the region were injured by falling structures or debris, and some health centers, homes and rural roads were also damaged, according to Reuters. Its epicenter was about 41 miles east of Kainantu, in the Papua New Guinea highlands, according to the USGS. “It was quite intense.” Farther east, photos of a multistory structure at the University of Goroka in the town of the same name showed it damaged, fragile and appearing to teeter. The quake happened around 9:46 a.m. One person died in a landslide in the Rai Coast District in the southeastern province of Madang, and three others were buried by a landslide in the town of Wau, in the nearby province of Morobe,

The US Geological Survey, which said the quake hit eastern Papua New Guinea at 9:46am on Sunday, warned there could be "minor sea-level fluctuations in some ...

The quake struck at a depth of 61 kilometres, about 67 kilometres from the town of Kainantu, the USGS said. - The earthquake hits at a depth of 61 kilometres, about 67 kilometres from the town of Kainantu Images and video of damage to a university in the eastern highland town of Goroka showed large cracks appearing in walls and window awnings falling during the quake.

At least 3 people are dead after a powerful earthquake hit a remote part of Papua New Guinea. Some buildings and roads were also damaged in the jolt.

It sits on the Pacific's "Ring of Fire," the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs. "They are starting to clean up their houses and the streets," he said. According to the U.S. Masange said it could take some time to assess the full extent of the injuries and damage in the region. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 2018 in the nation's central region killed at least 125 people. Other people had been injured from falling structures or debris, and there was damage to some health centers, homes, rural roads and highways, Masange told The Associated Press.

The three people died in a landslide in the gold-mining town of Wau, said Morobe Provincial Disaster Director Charley Masange. Other people had been injured ...

That quake hit areas that are remote and undeveloped, and assessments about the scale of the damage and injuries were slow to filter out. It sits on the Pacific's "Ring of Fire," the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs. Masange said it could take some time to assess the full extent of the injuries and damage in the region. "They are starting to clean up their houses and the streets," he said. According to the U.S. Other people had been injured from falling structures or debris, and there was damage to some health centers, homes, rural roads and highways, Masange told The Associated Press.

Renagi Ravu was meeting with two colleagues at his home in the Papua New Guinea highlands Sunday morning when a huge magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck.

This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, analyse your use of our services, collect data for ads personalisation and provide content from third parties. "They are starting to clean up their houses and the streets," he said. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. He said there are many scattered settlements in the highlands, and tens of thousands of people might have been affected. He said friends elsewhere in Kainantu had messaged him with descriptions of cracked roads, broken pipes and fallen debris, but hadn't described major building collapses or injuries. "It's a common thing that earthquakes are felt here, but it usually doesn't last as long and is not as violent as this one," Ravu said.

At least five people were killed and several households were damaged after a massive earthquake hit Papua New Guinea (PNG) early on Sunday morning, ...

The largest earthquake in the region was an M8.2 shallow thrust fault event in the northern Papua province of Indonesia that killed 166 people in 1996. The epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 61.4 km. The tremor was recorded 67 km East of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.

Despite repeated efforts from government bodies and N.G.O.s, sorcery-related crime, referred to officially as Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (S.A.R.V.) ...

S.A.R.V. Organizations like the Tribal Foundation, meanwhile, seek to limit harm in the wake of a sanguma accusation by rescuing and rehabilitating victims, but this approach is unsustainable, especially with the recent spike in S.A.R.V. The government also repealed the 1971 Sorcery Act, which allowed accused murderers to use sorcery as a defence in court and which tightened legislation concerning S.A.R.V. The Papua New Guinean government introduced the Sorcery National Action Plan in 2015, aiming to combat the issue through counselling, awareness, and protection, but inconsistent funding and a lack of solid targets ensured that it achieved little. Over 80% of the country’s roughly 9 million citizens live in rural areas with poor access to healthcare and education, which contributes heavily to the problem of S.A.R.V. However, a study by the Australian National University found in 2017 that, in spite of the improved legislation, a mere 91 out of 15,000 perpetrators had been tried and imprisoned for their atrocities. Sorcery, or sanguma, is embedded in Papua New Guinea’s rich and unique culture, which developed in relative isolation from the rest of the world. People are moving en masse from their native villages in search of work, disrupting the usual measures which have kept sanguma violence relatively in check – namely, village chiefs and tribal justice systems. As the population of Papua New Guinea shifts and changes, vulnerable people have become scapegoats for issues beyond their control. When tragedies like unexplained deaths or illnesses occur, people look for answers, and without what we might call a basic education, sanguma seems the most reasonable explanation. Despite repeated efforts from government bodies and N.G.O.s, sorcery-related crime, referred to officially as Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (S.A.R.V.), continues to run rampant in Papua New Guinea. Vulnerable women, mostly widows, single mothers, and the mentally ill, are those most often targeted, evidencing the misogyny which is inseparable from these crimes.

At least five people were killed and several households were damaged after a massive earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday.

The Prime Minister of PNG, James Marape, stated that the earthquake was "massive" and told people to be cautious. According to ANI, the earthquake also triggered landslides. The 7.6 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 90 kilometres near Kainantu town.