unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae
- Written by Phil R. Cummins, Professor, Geoscience Australia
Brendan Esposito/AAPEarthquakes can be especially devastating for developing countries, where competing priorities can stymie resource allocation towards earthquake resilience.
Even in tectonically active areas, where tectonic plates meet and scrape against one another, large earthquakes may not occur often enough to seem like a priority compared...





