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Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.photos:G01384
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Papua New Guinea Tsunami, July 17, 1998 |
On the evening of Friday July 17, 1998, a magnitude Ms 7.1 earthquake occurred
near the northwest coast Papua New Guinea 850 km (510 miles ) northwest of Port Moresby,
the capitol of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The earthquake, which occurred at 6:49 PM local
time, was followed by a series of three catastrophic tsunami waves that devastated
the villages of Sissano, Warupu, Arop and Malol on the north coast of PNG killing
at least 2,182, injuring 1,000, and displacing more than 10,000. The villages of Arop
and Warupu were entirely destroyed. Aitape and Malol were demolished or damaged. Survivorswere
reportedly lifted off their feet, tossed around, and stripped of their clothes. Some
victims were found impaled on mangrove stumps, andothers received deep cuts from metal
debris. Several lessons were immediately obvious from this tsunami: Ground shaking
and loud sounds from the sea provided tsunami warnings that were largely unheeded
by area inhabitants unfamiliar with tsunamis. Spits between lagoon areas and the sea
are particularly prone to damage from tsunamis and should be avoided in rebuilding
after the tsunamis. Trees and mangroves apparently exacerbated rather than reduced
the impact of the waves with the exception of coconut palms. Tsunami energy is not
dissipated by lagoons. The most likely cause of the tsunami is a sediment slump 25
km offshore caused by the earthquake. This event is the largest known tsunami ever
to have occurred in the area although the tsunami/earthquake history dates only from
1900.
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department
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Heather McCullough |
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http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode |
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