6 Mile, Lae
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6 Mile | |
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Suburb | |
 6 Mile farm and dairy on foothills of Atzera Range | |
  6 Mile Location in Lae | |
| Coordinates: 6°42′19″S 146°55′25″E / 6.70528°S 146.92361°E | |
| Country |  Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Morobe Province |
| District | Lae District |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
6 Mile is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
6 Mile is located 6 miles (9.7 km) from the center of Lae on the Highlands Highway between the foothills of the Atzera Range and the Markham River. The Atzera Range starts at Bugandi and runs adjacent to the Markham River has an elevation of 280 meters above sea level.[1][2]
Anticlines in the vicinity of Lae, such as the Atzera Range and hills near Situm, appear to indicate that the Ramu-Markham Fault (which follows the northern edge of the Markham Valley) changes dip close to the surface from a steep ramp to a shallow fault, breaching the surface south of Lae.[3]
The Lae Seismic Zone has been identified between the Atzera Range and Situm[4] which has the potential to generate shallow Mw~7.0 earthquakes and landslides around the Atzera Range.[3] The possibility of major landsides in this area has increased as a result of human modification to the natural vegetation cover through clearing and gardening.[5]
