2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake
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UTC time | 2017-01-22 04:30:22 |
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ISC event | 611831635 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | 22 January 2017 |
Local time | 15:30:22 BST |
Magnitude | 7.9 Mw |
Depth | 135 km (84 mi) |
Epicenter | 6°14′46″S 155°10′19″E / 6.246°S 155.172°E |
Areas affected | Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands |
Max. intensity | MMI IX (Violent)[1] |
Casualties | 5 dead, 17 injured |
The 2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake was an Mww 7.9 earthquake that struck at 04:30 UTC on 22 January 2017.[2][3]
Impact
Damage
Damage occurred in Arawa and parts of central Bougainville, while a power outage occurred in Buka.[4]
Casualties
Two children were killed and another was injured from a landslide, and a 7-year old girl died after she was hit by falling rocks.[5] Another landslide killed two teenagers as well.[6] Fifteen children were injured by falling trees and rocks,[6] while two men were slightly injured by a landslide in Panguna.[7]
See also
- List of earthquakes in 2017
- List of earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
- 2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes
References
- ^ "M 7.9 - 35km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea". earthquake.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ Joe Sutton; Susannah Cullinane (22 January 2017). "Magnitude 7.9 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea". CNN. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Powerful quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, initial tsunami alert wound back". Reuters. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ Rod Mcguirk (22 January 2017). "Strong quake hits Solomons; some damage but no tsunami". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via The Daily Republican.
- ^ "Quake Hits Bougainville". bougainville.typepad.com.
- ^ a b "Masiu urges ABG to assess earhquake [sic] damage". 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Two escape landslide after 7.9 Bougainville quake". Radio New Zealand. 23 January 2017.
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