2002 Manokwari earthquake

The epicentre lay south of the coastal town of Manokwari in western Papua, which an Indonesian meteorological and geophysics agency spokesman, Wantono, put at 99 kilometres from the town in remarks to AFP. The agency reported a local tsunami of about three to five metres at Oransbari and Ransiki and a wave of about one metre at Manokwari. Three deaths were reported at Ransiki.

Origin time (UTC)

2002-10-10T10:50

Magnitude

7.6

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

10

Deaths, as sources state them

3

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000be54

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, tsunami, papua, manokwari

Coordinates: -1.757, 134.297

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Indonesia since 2000

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