2024 Enga landslide

2024 Enga landslide
2024 Enga landslide is located in Papua New Guinea
2024 Enga landslide
Date24 May 2024 (2024-05-24)
Timec. 03:00 PGT (UTC+10:00)
LocationMaip Muritaka Rural LLG, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
Coordinates5°22′26″S 143°23′19″E / 5.37389°S 143.38861°E / -5.37389; 143.38861[citation needed]
CauseGold mining and/or heavy rains (suspected)[1][2]
Deaths12 (confirmed)
160–2,000+ (estimated)
Non-fatal injuries17
Map
Approximate perimeter of the landslide (map data)

On 24 May 2024, a landslide occurred in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea. By 7 June, 12 bodies had been recovered,[3] with thousands more buried and presumed dead, though estimates of the death toll vary greatly, with some estimating that only 160 had died.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LeMonde was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "'Mass burial site': PNG landslide death toll remains unknown". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ Dziedzic, Stephen (31 May 2024). "'The earth is moving': PNG PM explains why he can't send excavators to site of landslide disaster". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

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