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The US released a combined total of 3.45 million kina ($920,000) for humanitarian aid for victims of the earthquake and the preceding floods. [25] A donation drive was launched by students and faculty at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae. [26] On 29 March, Defence Minister Billy Joseph visited Wewak to look into the disaster ...
The earthquake had a focal mechanism corresponding to a dip-slip fault. [4] The United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake's magnitude was M ww 7.0, [2] while GEOSCOPE reported the earthquake as M w 7.2 at a depth of 39 km (24 mi), [4] while the GCMT reported the event as M w 7.1. [1]
Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea are due to its location near the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction. The predominant vulnerable building types are usually metal, timber and unreinforced brick masonry ...
The earthquake measured 7.6 on the W-phase moment magnitude (M ww ) scale at a depth of 116.0 km (72 mi) by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). [3] Meanwhile, GEOSCOPE measured it at moment magnitude 7.7 (M w ) at a depth of 39 km (24 mi) while the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre measured it at 7.6 (M w ) with a depth of 80 km (50 mi).
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The Papua New Guinea earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred in the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea on 26 February 2018 (25 February UTC), at 3:44 a.m. local time (25 February, 17:44 UTC). The earthquake's epicenter was 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the town of Komo.
The Papua New Guinea government formally requested aid from the United Nations and other countries on 26 May. [37] A state of emergency was declared in the affected region, [38] with authorities saying that nearly 7,900 people living near the disaster site were at risk from further landslides. [39]
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