April 7, 2018 Earthquake: Hela, Papua New Guinea

Moses Komengi is a Tari resident who is currently in Port Moresby, he said his family phoned him to tell him of the latest devastation. "I'm hearing that all our houses that were half damaged are all gone down and more destruction has happened," he said in a phone interview on Saturday night. "All my children they rang me that they cannot live more in our permanent house because all the houses are destroyed."

"I'm driving with my brother here, and he's from Korouba. He's hearing that one of his relatives - a young girl - has been crushed by the house," adding that he understood more people could have been killed in Tari.

The houses that weren't completely destroyed by February's earthquake had now been finished off, Mr Komengi said he was told by relatives, and the town, where the response had already been significantly hampered, had been taken back to square one.

(all above from reference #12101)

Four deaths have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province after the weekend's 6.3-magnitude earthquake. (reference #12100)

Four people killed and widespread damage to buildings at Tari. Tari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 7; Kiunga, Fly River, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 4; Porgera, Enga, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 4; Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 3; Kerema, Gulf, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 3 (reference #13456)