The quake hit 88 km southwest of Wewak, the USGS said, a town of 25,000 people that serves as the capital of Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit northern Papua New ...
At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea, officials said on March 25 as disaster crews poured into the region.