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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.
2022-04-13

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake is reported in Northeast Ohio. No damage has been reported.
2019-06-10

Papua New Guinean media reports confirm that 17 people were fatally shot by prison officers during a prison escape in Lae on May 12.
2017-05-15

A Britten-Norman Islander light aircraft crashes in the Papua New Guinea town of Kiunga resulting in the deaths of all twelve people on board.
2016-04-13

The ferry Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 350 people on board. Nearby commercial ships rescue 238 people from the sea.
2012-02-2

Scientists discover "Bulbophyllum nocturnum", the first orchid known to flower at night, in New Britain off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
2011-11-22

A strong earthquake of 6.6 magnitude occurs off the coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea but no tsunami warning is issued.
2011-06-16

A series of two earthquakes, the second quake measuring magnitude 7.3, hit New Britain in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning is issued but later retracted.
2010-07-18

The World Health Organisation confirms that a cholera outbreak which has spread along the north coast of Papua New Guinea has hit more than 2,000 people, killing around 50 of them.
2010-02-8