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Full moon Friday, yet another 7.2 quake, okay I'm convinced Ping. :-)
"...On the evening of 17 July 1998, on the Aitape coast of Papua New Guinea, a strongly felt earthquake was followed some 10-25 minutes later by a destructive tsunami.
The tsunami comprised three waves, each estimated to be about 4 m high. The second of the three waves rose to a height of 10-15 m above sea level after it had crossed the shoreline and caused most damage.
Maximum wave heights and greatest damage were recorded along a 14-km sector of coast centered on Sissano Lagoon. In this sector the wave fronts moved from east to west along the coast; all structures were destroyed, and 20-40 percent of the population was killed.
Partial destruction extended 23 km to the southeast and 8 km to the northwest, and effects of the tsunami were felt as far as 250 km to the west-northwest, beyond the international border (Joku, this volume).
More than 1600 people are known to have died, with some estimates as high as 2200; 1000 were seriously injured, and 10,000 survivors were displaced..."
The Aitape 1998 tsunami: Reconstructing the event from interviews and field mapping.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - "A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's West Papua province Friday, killing at least 13 people and causing dozens of buildings and homes to collapse, officials said.
The magnitude-6.4 quake struck at 11:25 a.m. and was centred 30 kilometres from the Papuan town of Nabire, 3,200 kilometres northeast of the capital Jakarta, said seismologist Edison Gurning.
At least 13 people were killed and 65 injured, Maj. Wempi Batlairi of Nabire police said.
The quake destroyed 170 homes and shops, three bridges, a church and a government telecommunications building, he said. Authorities closed the local airport after a crack was found in the runway.
Tents were being erected to house the homeless.
"People are still scared," Batlairi said. "We are still getting aftershocks from the quake. All of the townspeople are outside because they fear that more buildings will collapse..." (End of excerpt. Link to rest of story follows)
Strong earthquake rattles Indonesia's West Papua province, killing 13
| 1. | CNN.com - Earthquake shakes Indonesia's West Papua province - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake on Monday shook Indonesia's remote West Papua province on the western half of New Guinea island, the Meteorology and... http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/10/09/indonesia.earthquake.ap/index.html |
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| 2. | CNN - Major Indonesia earthquake kills at least six - November 30, Major Indonesia earthquake kills at least six ... In July, three tsunamis struck Papua New Guinea, at the eastern edge of the Indonesian... http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/30/quake.indonesia.reut.01/ |
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| 3. | Seismo-Watch, Special Earthquake Report, Papua New Guinea M 7.3 September 8, 2002. An earthquake measuring M 7.3 (NEIC) occurred today along the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. http://www.seismo-watch.com/EQS/AB/2002/020908.PNG/020908.PNG.html |
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| 4. | BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia 54 GMT 11:54 UK ... Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia. At least three ... measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit neighbouring Papua New Guinea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2319787.stm |
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| 5. | Indonesia.Net - travel, business, history About Indonesia ... 13 667 islands covering a total area of 1 904 569 square km from the Malay Peninsula in the west to New Guinea in the east. http://www.indonesia.net/Facts.htm |
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - "At least 11 people were killed and 65 injured when a strong earthquake shook Indonesia's Papua province Friday, collapsing buildings and starting fires, officials said.
A series of aftershocks continued to rattle the coastal town of Nabire, 3,000 km (1,900 miles) northeast of Jakarta, hours after the morning quake that measured 6.4 on the Richter scale by the National Earthquake Center.
``We're still in panic,'' Jahron, a pilot who lives in Nabire, told Reuters by telephone.
People were setting up tents outside their houses because they were afraid to be inside, he said.
``Eleven people have died, including three children, and 30 are now being treated at hospitals,'' Paminto, a coordinator at the Health Crisis Center in Jayapura, the provincial capital to the east of Nabire, told Reuters by telephone. Lt. Col. Toto Surono, a Jakarta-based army official, said at least 65 people were injured, although not all of them where taken to hospitals.
Nabire airport had been closed due to damage, said Slamet Suyitno, an official at the Meteorology and Geophysics agency in Jayapura.
``Planes cannot land, even the smallest plane. The tower might be collapsed. The Indosat building and several churches collapsed,'' he said.
Indosat (PT Indonesian Satellite Corp Tbk) is the country's second-largest telecommunications firm.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at 9:25 a.m., was on land, some 10 miles to the south of Nabire.
The Hong Kong observatory and Geoscience Australia recorded the earthquake at 7.2 on the Richter scale.
Earthquakes often occur in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands that lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire where plate boundaries intersect and volcanoes regularly erupt.
A quake in the Nabire area in February killed at least 37 people.
In December 1992, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the open-ended Richter scale killed about 2,200 people on the island of Flores southwest of Nabire. Many of those who died were killed by massive waves triggered by the earthquake." Indonesia Earthquake Kills 11, Hurts 65
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- "A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's West Papua province Friday, killing at least 13 people and causing dozens of buildings and homes to collapse, officials said.
The magnitude-6.4 quake struck at 11:25 a.m. and was centered 20 miles from the Papuan town of Nabire, 2,000 miles northeast of the capital Jakarta, said seismologist Edison Gurning.
At least 13 people were killed and 65 injured, Nabire Deputy Police Chief Maj. Wempi Batlairi said.
The quake destroyed 170 homes and shops, three bridges, a church and a government telecommunications building, he said. Authorities closed the local airport after a crack was found in the runway.
Tents were being erected to house the homeless.
``People are still scared,'' Batlairi said. ``We are still getting aftershocks from the quake. All of the townspeople are outside because they fear that more buildings will collapse.''
Nabire was hit by a powerful earthquake in February that killed 28 people and left much of the city in ruins. Authorities said the city was still in the process of rebuilding from that quake.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation of 17,000 islands, is prone to frequent seismic upheaval because of its location on the margins of tectonic plates called the Pacific 'Ring of Fire.' " (Emphasis added.)