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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]
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).
Detailed satellite images give a bird’s-eye view Turkish towns before and after the earthquakes hit, and of relief efforts. Satellite images show shocking destruction caused by Turkey ...
The earthquake struck some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) off the western coast of Efate. [7] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the earthquake at M w 7.3 with a depth of 54.4 kilometres (33.8 mi). The focal mechanism indicated oblique-normal faulting.
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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.
Eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea see 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake-6.256 146.469 21 7.6 M w (USGS) Centred 66km east of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 90.0km. [69] September 14, 2022 11:04 Southeast of the Loyalty Islands-21.191 170.240 0 7.0 M w (USGS) Centred 208km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu, at a depth of 144.9km. [70]