UNDRO 87/0290
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 FEBRUARY 1987

1. SERIES OF SMALL TREMORS PRECEDED SEVERE EARTHQUAKE (7.4 RICHTER SCALE) AT 04.34 HOURS 9/FEB, WHICH AFFECTED UMBOI AND OUTLYING ISLANDS IN VITIAZ STRAIT, AS WELL AS OUTER REACHES MOROBE AND WEST NEW BRITAIN PROVINCES. EPICENTRE UNDER UMBOI ISLAND ABOUT 440 KM NORTHEAST OF PORT MORESBY.

2. FEW DEATHS/INJURIES REPORTED SO FAR. TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE AFFECTED ON UMBOI ISLAND, SEVERAL THOUSAND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS.

3. APPROX 300 HOUSES, GOVT OFFICES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS DESTROYED. SEVERAL ROADS CUT BY LANDSLIDES. TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATE NOT YET AVAILABLE.

4. UNDRO/UNDP RESREP REPORTS NATIONAL DISASTER COMMITTEE (NDC) MONITORING SITUATION AND SUPPLYING TENTS, FOOD AND MEDICAMENTS.

5. TO DATE GOVT HAD NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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UNDRO 87/0331

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
13 FEBRUARY 1987

I. GENERAL

1. MOROBE PROVINCIAL GOVT HAS DECLARED UNBOI ISLAND DISASTER AREA. FURTHER TREMORS REPORTED FROM SEMO (SIASSI DISTRICT) ON 12 FEB.

2. HOMELESS NOW ESTIMATED AT 2,500 (500 FAMILIES).

3. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTED TO BUILDINGS AND ROADS. GOVT ASSESSMENT UNDER WAY.

4. GOVT REQUESTED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FROM AUSTRALIA (JERRYCANS AND TENTS/TARPAULINS).

5. GOVT. VOLCANOLOGICAL TEAM CHECKING MOUNT TARAVE VOLCANO.

II. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

6. GOVT PROVIDED KINA 20,000 (US DLRS 20,877) FOR FOOD AND TRANSPORT. TRAWLER WITH FOOD AND MEDICAMENTS DEPARTED LAE FOR SEMO 12 FEB. ADDITIONAL TENTS AND JERRYCANS AIRLIFTED TO UMBOI.

7. MOROBE PROVINCIAL GOVT PURCHASING PRIORITY SUPPLIES FOR OVER 4,000 PEOPLE ON UMBOI AND OUTLYING SIASSI ISLANDS.

8. NATIONAL DISASTER COMMITTEE AND MOROBE PROVINCIAL GOVT ALLOCATING FURTHER FUNDS UP TO KINA 105,000 (US DLRS 109,600).

III. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

9. USA, CASH GRANT US DLRS 25,000.

10. WVI SENDING ASSESSMENT DELEGATE.

11. LRCRC PACIFIC EXTENSION DESK ON STANDBY.

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