2009 Manokwari earthquake

The first of a series of shocks hit about 135 kilometres from Manokwari, the capital of West Papua, at 4:43am local time. Several storeys of the Mutiara Hotel in the city collapsed, and a navy hospital nurse described 20 patients being treated there. Death tolls in contemporary reports differ: a hospital director, Hengky Tewu, said three bodies had been found, including that of a 10-year-old girl, while another account put the toll at four, with dozens injured and hundreds of buildings destroyed.

Origin time (UTC)

2009-01-03T19:43

Magnitude

7.7

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

17

Deaths, as sources state them

3 to 4, estimates differ

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000gs2d

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, papua, manokwari

Coordinates: -0.414, 132.885

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

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