1700 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-highlands-earthquake-dashboard-13-august-2018KEY FIGURES 544K people affected; 270K people targeted; 5 provinces targeted; $62M funding required. SITUATION OVERVIEW. On 26 February 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea (PNG), affecting an estimated 544,000 people in five provinces - Enga, Gulf, Hela,....Tue, 14 Aug 2018 06:18:00 +0200reliefWeb-25e323f08f1c5bef9a5b95c4b0ac0a4520180814061800https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/364026/png-s-quake-hit-region-transits-into-rebuilding-phaseEfforts to help earthquake-affected communities rebuild their lives in Papua New Guinea's Highlands region are in full swing. It's nearly six months since a magnitude 7.5 quake in Hela province which, combined with significant aftershocks and landslides, affected several provinces.Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:47:00 +0200rnzi-fd8ece69842c6d7ee9e1a6b69f5d204c20180814044700http://www.pireport.org/articles/2000/11/17/earthquake-aftershocks-continue-papua-new-guineaSUVA, Fiji Islands (November 17, 2000 - Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation/Fiji's Daily Post/Radio Australia/PINA Nius Online)---Aftershocks have continued in Papua New Guinea after two earthquakes which caused a tsunami alert in other parts of the region last night.Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:50:00 +0200pidp-adabea1057f2cbb8858089f5bdc9d65720180811145000https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/papua-new-guineaThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to Hela and Southern Highlands provinces following significantly increased levels of tribal fighting and the declaration of states of emergency by the Papua New Guinea government.Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:13:00 +0200gov-uk-5eb4006a86a6b08451c953bd876460bb20180810181300