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Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429
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Papua New Guinea earthquake: there is a disaster on our doorstep that's being ignoredRelatives are there waiting, crying and shrieking, overcome by grief as they confirm their worst fears. The boy is the latest victim of a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck Papua New Guinea almost a month ago.
The disaster killed 145 people and that number is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered. Authorities say 270,000 people need emergency aid.
There are few places in the world as remote, and inaccessible, as the highlands of Papua New Guinea where the earthquake occurred.
Smartphones are rare and there is certainly no internet connection.
For weeks after the earthquake, the only visible evidence of the earthquake occurring was from aerial surveillance videos and satellite imagery.
Aid workers couldn't get to the epicentre and neither could journalists.
It has now been several weeks since the initial earthquake and most of the communities hardest hit remain cut off from the outside world. Entire villages have been wiped out by landslides and broken dams.
Food supplies are dwindling, medical supplies are exhausted in many places. And there are now fears of a major health crisis, with food and water sources badly contaminated. [ link to www.abc.net.au]
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