9 Mar 2018

PNG reeling from big earthquakes

From , 4:04 pm on 9 March 2018

Another big earthquake struck Papua New Guinea in the early hours of today - this time in the country's Islands region.

It comes as the country is reeling from a devastating 7-point-5 quake last wek in the mountainous interior of PNG's mainland.

Dominic Godfrey spoke to Johnny Blades about these quakes and began by asking him about this morning's magnitude 6.8 quake.

A landslide cutting of the road from Tambul to Mendi following a 7.5 earthquake.

Photo: Andrew Solomon