7.0 EQ - north coast PAPUA, INDONESIA (downgraded)

[AlaskaDenise]

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:16:29 UTC

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:16:29 PM at epicenter

Location 2.270°S, 136.560°E

Depth 20 km (12.4 miles) set by location program

Region NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Distances

172 km (107 miles) N (9°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
316 km (196 miles) ESE (119°) from Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
461 km (286 miles) W (274°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
1093 km (680 miles) SSE (168°) from KOROR, Palau


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt10167003.php#details

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: 7.4 EQ - north coast PAPUA, INDONESIA

Re: 7.4 EQ - north coast PAPUA, INDONESIA

000
WEPA42 PHEB 160326
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0326Z 16 JUN 2010

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0316Z 16 JUN 2010
COORDINATES - 2.3 SOUTH 136.6 EAST
DEPTH - 20 KM
LOCATION - IRIAN JAYA REGION INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.3

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php?region=1&id=pacific.2010.06.16.032622&msg

 

[Shiloh]

Re: 7.0 EQ - north coast PAPUA, INDONESIA (downgraded)

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/indonesia.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T2

Powerful earthquakes shake Indonesian coast, kill 2 people
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 16, 2010 6:08 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- A power string of six earthquakes shook the northern coast of Papua, Indonesia, Wednesday, killing at least two people and causing widespread damage on Yapen Island, officials said.

"We don't know how bad it is yet, but we have received reports that 200 houses on the coast line were damaged and 227 others were in town," according to Papua police spokesman Wachyono, who goes by a single name. The national disaster coordinating agency will be sending a team to assess the situation, he said.

Four of the earthquakes hit the region within an hour's time, starting just after midday. A fifth and sixth quake hit the region a few hours later.

A 6.4 magnitude quake quake struck at 12:06 p.m. local time, followed by a more powerful 7.0 magnitude quake 10 minutes later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Within the next 42 minutes, a 5.1 magnitude quake also rattled the region, along with a magnitude 6.2 quake. Weaker quakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.8 hit the area after 3 p.m.

The epicenters of the earthquakes were clustered within 90 kilometers (56 miles) of each other and some 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Enarotali, Indonesia.

"People ran out of their houses and headed for higher ground in fear of a tsunami," said Denni Siregar, the police chief of the Yapen Island sector, which lies near the epicenters. "There's no injuries reported yet but at least one house is damaged."

A tsunami watch that was issued by the Indonesian Meteorological Agency was later lifted...