The earthquake in “Papua New Guinea” caused the destruction of more than a thousand houses

The latest statistics indicate the occurrence of an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 in the internal waves of the earth (Richter) in “Papua New Guinea” located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, killing three people and destroying more than a thousand residential units. /p>

Reuters news agency wrote on Monday announcing this news: The German Geological Center (GFZ) reported the occurrence of this earthquake at 06:20 yesterday (local time) in East Sepik province in the north of Papua New Guinea and He announced at a depth of 65 kilometers (40 miles).

The center of this earthquake is reported to be 38 kilometers away from the city of “Ambunt” in the north of this country, and the earthquake affected villages near the Sepik River in this part of Papua New Guinea.

Allan Bird, governor of Eastern Sepik province, said that according to preliminary estimates, the earthquake destroyed 1,000 houses. According to him, this earthquake has caused damage to most parts of the province that were facing the risk of flooding before.

He said: The flood has actually covered an area of ​​more than 800 kilometers long, and as a result, around 60 or 70 villages across the Sepik River have faced the risk of destruction.

Rewitz did not elaborate on the details of this earthquake.

Papua New Guinea is one of the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations with an area of ​​nearly 463,000 square kilometers and a population of over 11,780,000 people, located in the north of Australia and in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean.

Source: IRNA