2009 Papua earthquakes

2009 Papua earthquakes
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UTC time	Doublet earthquake:
	A: 2009-01-03 19:43:55
	B: 2009-01-03 22:33:42
ISC event
	A: 13989025
	B: 13989020
USGS-ANSS
	A: ComCat
	B: ComCat
Local date	January 4, 2009
Local time
	A: 04:43
	B: 07:23
Magnitude
	A: 7.6 Mw (GCMT)
	B: 7.4 Mw (GCMT)
Depth	30 km (19 mi)
Epicenter	0°24′50″S 132°53′06″E / 0.414°S 132.885°ECoordinates: 0°24′50″S 132°53′06″E / 0.414°S 132.885°E
Type	Thrust
Areas affected	Indonesia
Max. intensity	A: VI (Strong) B: VIII (Severe)
Tsunami	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Casualties	4 dead, dozens injured

The 2009 Papua earthquakes occurred on January 4 local time in Indonesia's West Papua province. The very large earthquake doublet comprised a magnitude 7.6 initial shock that had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong) and a second very large event that had a moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The events took place less than three hours apart to the east-northeast of Sorong on the Bird's Head Peninsula and left at least four people dead and dozens injured.

An official of World Vision International, a humanitarian aid organization, 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 and another at magnitude 6.0. The earthquakes were also felt in nearby Papua New Guinea and Darwin, Australia.^[8]^{[full citation needed]}^[9]^{[full citation needed]}^[10]^{[full citation needed]}

Notes[]

^ ISC-EHB Event 13989025 [IRIS].
^ ISC-EHB Event 13989020 [IRIS].
^ ISC-GEM Event 13989020 [IRIS].
^ Poiata, Koketsu & Miyake 2010.
^ ANSS: Papua 2009a, Shakemap .
^ ANSS: Papua 2009b, Shakemap .
^ Poiata, Koketsu & Miyake 2010.
^ BBC News - Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia Retrieved on January 4, 2009
^ Indonesia earthquake kills at least four CNN. Retrieved on January 4, 2009
^ Quake hits Indonesia's Papua island, four dead Reuters. Retrieved on January 4, 2009

Sources[]

ANSS, "M7.7 - near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia", Comprehensive Catalog, U.S. Geological Survey
ANSS, "M7.4 - near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia", Comprehensive Catalog, U.S. Geological Survey
International Seismological Centre, ISC-EHB Bulletin, Thatcham, United Kingdom, http://www.isc.ac.uk/
International Seismological Centre, ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue, Thatcham, United Kingdom, http://www.isc.ac.uk/

Poiata, N.; Koketsu, K.; Miyake, H. (2010), "Source processes of the 2009 Irian Jaya, Indonesia, earthquake doublet" (PDF), Earth, Planets and Space, 62 (5): 475, Bibcode:2010EP&S...62..475P, doi:10.5047/eps.2010.02.008

External links[]

Earthquake in Papua, Indonesia – NASA Earth Observatory
The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.

[1] ISC-EHB Event 13989025 [IRIS].

[2] ISC-EHB Event 13989020 [IRIS].

[3] ISC-GEM Event 13989020 [IRIS].

[4] Poiata, Koketsu & Miyake 2010.

[5] ANSS: Papua 2009a, Shakemap .

[6] ANSS: Papua 2009b, Shakemap .

[7] Poiata, Koketsu & Miyake 2010.

[8] BBC News - Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia Retrieved on January 4, 2009

[9] Indonesia earthquake kills at least four CNN. Retrieved on January 4, 2009

[10] Quake hits Indonesia's Papua island, four dead Reuters. Retrieved on January 4, 2009

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show v t ← Earthquakes in 2009 →
January	Papua (7.7 & 7.4, Jan 4) Costa Rica (6.2, Jan 8)†
February	Talaud Islands (7.2, Feb 11)
April	L'Aquila (6.3, Apr 6)† 1st Afghanistan (5.2, Apr 17)
May	Swan Islands (7.3, May 23)
July	Yunnan (5.7, Jul 9) Fiordland (7.8, Jul 15)
August	Shizuoka (6.4, Aug 10) Andaman Islands (7.5, Aug 11)
September	West Java (7.0, Sep 2)† Bhutan (6.1, Sep 21) Samoa (8.1, Sep 29)† 2nd Sumatra (7.6, Sep 30)†‡
October	2nd Afghanistan (6.2, Oct 22)
December	Karonga (~6.0, December) Hualien (6.4, Dec 19)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

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