Papua New Guinea

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 ...

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.

At least four people are dead after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in eastern Papua New Guinea, which also injured others and damaged property and essential ...

The full extent of the damage was not immediately clear because it hit a remote location. - The full extent of the damage was not immediately clear as the earthquake hit a remote location - The earthquake hit about 67km east of Kainantu and 80km north-west of Lae at about 9:45am local time

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.

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.