What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 2002
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 1.76° S, 134.30° E
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 632
- Houses destroyed
- 1000
- Depth km
- 10
2002 West Papua earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
On 10 October 2002, at 19:50:20 WIT, a Mw 7.5 earthquake struck the Bird's Head Peninsula in West Papua Province, Indonesia, at a depth of 23.6 kilometres (14.7 mi). A strike-slip event triggered by a rupture on the Ransiki Fault, it killed eight people, injured more than 630, and damaged or destroyed more than 2,100 structures in Manokwari, South Manokwari, Arfak Mountains and Wondama Bay Regencies.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page