2009 Papua earthquake

2009 Papua earthquake

Date January 3, 2009 (2009-01-03) (UTC)
January 4, 2009 (Local)
Magnitude 7.6 Mw
Depth 17 km (11 mi)[1]
Epicenter
(Manokwari, West Papua province)
Countries or regions  Indonesia
Tsunami 40 cm (16 in)
Casualties 4 dead, dozens injured

The 2009 Papua earthquake was a 7.6 Mw earthquake, which struck on January 4, 2009 at 04:43:51 local time (January 3, 19:43 UTC)[1] killing at least four and injuring dozens of people, with an epicenter 150 kilometers (93 mi) west-northwest of Manokwari and about 170 km (110 mi) east-northeast of Sorong in Indonesia's West Papua province on the Bird's Head Peninsula. An official of World Vision said ten buildings had been totally destroyed, including several hotels and the house of a government official. Officials said three people, who had been staying at the Mutiara hotel in the city of Manokwari, were pulled alive from the rubble and taken to a hospital. Two hotels collapsed in the quake. There have been twenty-three aftershocks above magnitude 5.0, with one having a magnitude of 7.4 occurring at 07:33:42 local time (January 3, 22:33 UTC),[2] and another at magnitude 6.0.[3] The earthquake was also felt in nearby Papua New Guinea and Darwin, Australia.[2][4][5][6]

Japan's Meteorological Agency told Reuters news agency the earthquake also triggered a small 40 cm-high tsunami which hit the Japanese coast, but did not cause any damage.[7]

See also

2010 Papua earthquake

References

  1. ^ a b Magnitude 7.6 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA USGS. Retrieved on January 4, 2009
  2. ^ a b Magnitude 7.4 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA USGS. Retrieved on January 6, 2009
  3. ^ Magnitude 6.0 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA USGS. Retrieved on January 9, 2009
  4. ^ BBC News - Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia Retrieved on January 4, 2009
  5. ^ Indonesia earthquake kills at least four CNN. Retrieved on January 4, 2009
  6. ^ Quake hits Indonesia's Papua island, four dead Reuters. Retrieved on January 4, 2009
  7. ^ "NHKニュース　太平洋沿岸など津波注意報, NHK News Taiheiyō Engan nado Tsunami Chūihō ("NHK News Tsunami Alert along Pacific Coast and Other Places")" (in Japanese). NHK News. January 4, 2009. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/t10013349141000.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04.