An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck northeastern Papua New Guinea on Sept. 11. Another two strong earthquakes with the magnitude of 6.1 and 5.3 also occurred in Indonesia's Sumatra Island.
Ravu Renagi, Geologist: “You can see along the road here. The cracks are up here, the tensile cracks opening up here. ”
Huge cracks appeared on the ground after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded in northeastern Papua New Guinea. Local geologist Renagi Ravu said he couldn't maintain his balance during the earthquake and ended up in a kind of group hug with his colleagues, while plates and cups crashed from his shelves to the ground. Ravu said he tried to calm everyone as the shaking continued for more than a minute.
Renagi Ravu, Geologist: “The crack has caused significant amount of damage and landslide. ”
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck about 66 km east of Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Sunday morning, Sept. 11. Buildings and infrastructure damages were reported also in nearby areas. In the north coast, death and injuries were reported in Madang. Surveillance camera footage showed that many residents ran onto the streets in fear when the earthquake happened. Even the camera itself shook strongly. Other footages showed items falling off supermarket shelves in Mount Hagen.
Like Papua New Guinea, Indonesia also lies on the "Ring of Fire" and earthquakes happen often. Also on Sunday the 11th, a 6.1 magnitude struck the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. The quake was at a depth of 27 km and was followed by another one of magnitude 5.3 in the same area. One person was injured in the head by falling wood. There was no danger of tsunami. An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude shook Sulawesi back in 2018. The earthquake resulted in tsunami wave heights of 5 to 6 meters, killing more than 2,000 people. It was the earthquake that suffered the most death since the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake and also the deadliest in 2018.
地質學家雷納吉拉福說：「你可以見到沿著這條路到這裡，這裡地面裂開，並見到裂縫延伸裂開至此處。」
在巴布亞紐幾內亞的凱南圖鎮，離震央約66公里，地面裂開，可以想見地震威力強大，在地居民並且也是地質學家拉福表示，當時他試著想站穩但沒辦法，只能跟同事抱在一起，盤子跟杯子全掉落地上，他兩個小孩的飲料跟早餐全灑了出來，地震持續超過一分鐘，他試圖要大家冷靜。
地質學家雷納吉拉福說：「這起地震造成明顯的破壞以及山崩。」
巴布亞紐幾內亞11號上午發生規模7.6地震，美國地質調查所還曾一度發布海嘯警報但後來取消，沿海城鎮馬當附近和內陸地區的建築物受損，並造成死傷，從監視器畫面可以見到地震發生當下，許多民眾衝出外頭，顯得相當驚恐，而錄影過程當中鏡頭亦持續晃動得相當厲害；該國第三大城芒特哈根的一間超市，走道都是掉落的貨品，玻璃瓶摔碎醬料灑滿地。
同樣地處太平洋火山帶的印尼也地牛翻身，蘇門答臘西部外海的孟塔維群島，接連發生2起規模6.1和5.3的地震，搖晃劇烈，許多民眾衝出家門外；印尼氣象、氣候和地球物理局表示，規模6.1地震深度27公里，根據當地網路媒體的報導，有一人遭掉落的木頭砸傷頭部。印尼地震頻繁，不過媒體報導這2起地震並沒有引發海嘯的風險；2018年蘇拉威西島發生規模7.5強震，引發5、6公尺高海嘯，造成兩千多人死亡，是自2006年日惹地震以來死亡人數最多的地震，也是2018年遇難人數最高的地震。