EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCE IN PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA-MAGNITUDE 7.3
On this day July 17, 2020 Friday ,a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred, 12.50 pm, and 22 years ago on the same month and date, July 17, 1998, a moderate 7 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Papua New Guinea at 5.49 pm local time. But the terror for the villagers on the islands was far from over, as three catastrophic tsunami waves followed - devastating and razing the entire villages of Sissano, Warapu, Arop and Malomo on the north coast of PNG, killing at least 1600, injuring 1000 and displacing more than 10,000 people.
On this day July 17, 2020 Friday ,a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred, 12.50 pm, and 22 years ago on the same month and date, July 17, 1998, a moderate 7 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Papua New Guinea at 5.49 pm local time. But the terror for the villagers on the islands was far from over, as three catastrophic tsunami waves followed - devastating and razing the entire villages of Sissano, Warapu, Arop and Malomo on the north coast of PNG, killing at least 1600, injuring 1000 and displacing more than 10,000 people.