Indonesia’s West Papua shakes from quakes: Saturday’s strongest inland earthquakes rattled Indonesia‘s easternmost region, but no initial reports of significant damage or deaths were available.
At least four land-based earthquakes between magnitudes 6.2 and 5 reported, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency.
At a depth of up to 16 km, earthquakes of magnitude five centered 37 kilometers (23 miles) northwest of the Central Mamberamo region of West Papua Province (10 miles).
According to Daryono, who is in charge of the Earthquake and Tsunami Mitigation Division, the shocks presented no threat of starting a tsunami.
According to him, a push in the Memberamo Anjak fault caused the earthquakes. However, Daryono said, “There is no information on the effect of damage.”
The US Geological Survey reported the quakes’ magnitudes to be between 6.1 and 5.9 at depths between 19 and 33 kilometers (11.8 to 20.5 miles). Early measurements often differ.
West Papua is one of Indonesia‘s least populated regions, home to around 1.2 million people. However, with 270 million inhabitants, Indonesia is a seismically active archipelago that often experiences earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck West Sumatra province in February resulted in at least 25 fatalities and over 460 injuries. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit West Sulawesi province in January 2021 resulted in more than 100 fatalities and approximately 6,500 injuries.
A devastating tsunami that struck 12 nations in 2004 due to a large earthquake off the coast of Aceh killed over 230,000 people.
