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2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake

2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake
2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake is located in Bougainville Island
2017 Papua New Guinea earthquake
UTC time2017-01-22 04:30:22
ISC event611831635
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date22 January 2017
Local time15:30:22 BST
Magnitude7.9 Mw
Depth135 km (84 mi)
Epicenter6°14′46″S 155°10′19″E / 6.246°S 155.172°E / -6.246; 155.172
Areas affectedPapua New Guinea Solomon Islands
Max. intensityMMI IX (Violent)[1]
Casualties5 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

References

  1. ^ "M 7.9 – 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ Joe Sutton; Susannah Cullinane (22 January 2017). "Magnitude 7.9 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea". CNN. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Powerful quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, initial tsunami alert wound back". Reuters. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. ^ Rod Mcguirk (22 January 2017). "Strong quake hits Solomons; some damage but no tsunami". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via The Daily Republican.
  5. ^ "Quake Hits Bougainville". bougainville.typepad.com.
  6. ^ a b "Masiu urges ABG to assess earhquake [sic] damage". 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Two escape landslide after 7.9 Bougainville quake". Radio New Zealand. 23 January 2017.


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