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The 1994 eruption of the Rabaul volcano, Papua New Guinea: injuries sustained and medical response
Author(s) -
Dent Andrew W,
Davies Glen,
Barrett Paul,
Saint Ours Patrice J A
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124776.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , peninsula , preparedness , geography , volcano , population , medicine , socioeconomics , environmental health , history , political science , ethnology , archaeology , sociology , law , seismology , geology
On 19 September 1994, with little warning, two volcanoes erupted at the Rabaul caldera, affecting the heavily populated Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Local health services were able to deal with the disaster without additional external resources. The preparedness of the population and their knowledge of safe areas gained from a disaster plan widely publicised a decade earlier contributed to the low number of casualties.