2024-03-25 23:51:22
port moresby: At least three people have died after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of western Papua New Guinea. 1,000 houses have been heavily damaged by the earthquake and have been almost destroyed. The quake struck in the East Sepik region, near the town of Ambunti, at about 6.20 a.m. Sunday, at a depth of 25 miles (about 40 kilometers) about 470 miles (756 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Port Moresby.
Alan Bird, governor of East Sepik province, said in a Facebook post that the quake destroyed about 1,000 homes in the region, which has been battling widespread flooding since early March. Bird told the ABC on Monday that flooding had affected an area more than 800 kilometers long, including about 70 villages along the Sepik River. Local emergency teams were already in the area due to flooding when the earthquake struck. Bird said the area is used to floods, but no one was prepared for such an earthquake. This could have caused the biggest damage ever.
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Governor Byrd said the current focus is on providing shelter, clean water, food and essential items to people affected by the earthquake. These things are the most immediate needs of the affected rural community at this time. Papua New Guinea, a South Pacific island nation north of Australia, was hit by two earthquakes in April last year, including a 7.0 magnitude quake that killed four people in the far northern part of the country.
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It was revealed that 21 people had died after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck a remote area of the island in September 2022. It is located on the eastern side of the island of New Guinea and lies on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic activity occur. The island has been beset by civil unrest in recent months, with riots in its two largest cities in January leaving 15 people dead.