Good morning :-) Thanks Phil for the reminder...We think of brothers and sisters who were lost in this disaster. May their souls rest in peace. Today, 17/07/13 marks the 15 years anniversary of the tsunami that struck Aitape and Sissano in 1998. The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that took place in the early evening of Friday, 17 July 1998. The earthquake struck the north coast region of Papua New Guinea, 25 km (16 mi) from the coast near Aitape, and caused a large undersea landslide, which in turn caused a tsunami that hit the coast, killing more than 2200 people. The tsunami resulted in at least 2,200 people being killed, thousands being injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500 missing.[1] The maximum height of the waves was estimated at being 15 m (59 ft) high with an average height of 10.5 m (34 ft).[1][2] The area worst hit was a 30 km (19 mi) coastal strip running north-west from Aitape to the village of Sissano. Several villages in the path of the tsunami were completely destroyed and others extensively damaged. The village of Arop was situated on a narrow spit between the coast and Sissano lagoon. It was directly in the path of the tsunami and was worst hit. Source:Wikipedia
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:39:05 +0000
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