What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1996
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 0.89° S, 136.95° E
- Deaths
- 164
- Injuries
- 432
- Damage musd
- 4.2
- Houses destroyed
- 5043
- Max water height m
- 7.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.2
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1996 Biak earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami in eastern Indonesia
The 1996 Biak earthquake, or the Irian Jaya earthquake, occurred on 17 February at 14:59:30 local time near Biak Island, Indonesia. The earthquake, which occurred on the New Guinea Trench, had a moment magnitude of 8.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The run-up height of the generated tsunami reached 7.7 m (25 ft). The disaster left at least 108 people dead, 423 injured, and 58 missing.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page