March 6, 2018 Earthquake: S Highlands, Hela, Papua New Guinea

At least 25 people have been killed in a powerful 6.7-magnitude aftershock that struck the remote highlands of earthquake-rattled Papua New Guinea. The fatalities raise PNG's total death toll to more than 100 since last week's quake. The tremor was the most severe in a series over 100 aftershocks in recent days.

It struck overnight close to the epicentre of last week's magnitude-7.5 quake in the border region of Hela and Southern Highland provinces, 600km from the capital Port Moresby.

"At least 18 people were killed in Como district and two were killed in another district in the overnight earthquake," William Bando, Hela Province administrator, told dpa on Wednesday.

In neighbouring Southern Highlands, five people were killed.

"Unfortunately, in Lalibu district, a building fell and we lost five lives," Thomas Eluh, an administrator of Southern Highlands Province, told dpa.

(above from reference #12052)

At least 18 people killed in Hela Province. Tari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 8; Porgera, Enga, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 4; Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 4; Kiunga, Fly River, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 3; Mendi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea - CDI: 3(reference #13456)