Local residents of the Papua 7.6 earthquake: There are road cracks, and the sense of fishing island near the capital lasts 3 to 4 minutes

Author:Red Star News Time:2022.09.11

According to the official Weibo news of the China Earthquake Network, the Chinese Earthquake Network officially determined that at 7:46 on September 11, Beijing time, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea (6.30 degrees south latitude, 146.55 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 70,000 earthquake depth of 70,000 thousands Meter.

Joel (Joel) and Jenny are local residents living in the Port of Pakistan, the capital of Pakistan. Joel told the Red Star News reporter that the earthquake occurred around 9:46 local time. At that time, he was on a fishing island near the capital, and he was not sure how high the earthquake was, but his fishing wasland was strong and lasted 3-4 3-4 minute. He said that the moment he felt the earthquake, the people around him began to be restless, and everyone panicked until the earthquake disappeared. Joel said that after the earthquake passed, the island where he is currently has no hindrance, but some places in the earthquake should be seriously affected.

Jenny, who was working in a mall in the capital when the earthquake occurred, also told reporters that the sense of the capital's earthquake is obvious but the duration is short. It was later heard that it was a large earthquake of level 7.6.

The reporter learned that the earthquake was located in the northeast of the Pakistanic capital, with an average altitude of about 1092 meters within the range of 5 kilometers. There are 6 large and medium cities within 300 kilometers of the epicenter, which is recently Lae City, about 68 kilometers from the earthquake.

Jenny told reporters that there is no news about the casualties. However, when many residents near the earthquake cities ran to the open space to avoid, some buildings were damaged. "Supermarkets were scattered on the ground, and cracks appeared on the road."

The reporter learned from the Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea that the embassy contacted Chinese overseas Chinese and Chinese enterprises near the epicenter of the earthquake as soon as possible to understand the affected situation of the earthquake, and reminded to prevent aftershocks. There is no report of casualties involving Chinese citizens.

Red Star News Special reporter Qi Xiaozheng

Editor -in -chief Tang Huan editor Xiao Ziqi

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