2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake
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2018-papua-new-guinea-earthquake-174-18961955
title:
2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake
text:
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, at 3:44 a.m. local time. The earthquake's epicenter was 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the town of Komo. The maximum felt intensity was IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. A total of 160 people were killed and many others were injured. An aftershock of M6.0 killed 11 people on 4 March, while another aftershock of M6.7 occurred at 00:13 local time on
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Earthquake affecting Papua New Guinea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Papua_New_Guinea_earthquake
date created:
2018-02-25T19:11:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T00:01:29Z
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