Powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea earthquake toll rises to seven

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Papua New Guinea rose to seven on Tuesday, as emergency crews made contact with remote communities hit by the disaster. The 7.0 magnitude temblor hit a jungle-clad area near the Sepik River in the early hours of Monday. The Provincial Disaster Office said a total of seven people were now believed to have died -- up from three on

Papua New Guinea quake toll rises to seven

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Papua New Guinea rose to seven on Tuesday, as emergency crews made contact with remote communities hit by the disaster.The magnitude-7.2 temblor hit a jungle-clad area near the Sepik River in the early hours

Papua New Guinea: At least four dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake

Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Centre is at the quake's epicentre near Chambri Lakes, a remote and swampy part of East Sepik province, Felix Taranu, a seismologist with the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory.

Four killed and 300 homes destroyed as earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 7.0 quake hits remote region to cause deep fissures in land near epicentre at Chambri Lake

At least 4 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake

Hundreds of houses were destroyed along the Sepik River region, says Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Center

At least four dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake

SYDNEY (Reuters) - At least four people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea, an official said on Tuesday, a day after a 7.2 magnitude