MANOKWARI - Two more medium-sized aftershocks shook the area around Manokwari, West Papua. The first earthquake had an intensity of 5.5 on the Richter Scale and had place around 12:41 lokal time. The second quake, which had a strength of 5.4 on the Richter Scale came just a little while later, at 13:07 local time.
Based on information of the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency BMG both earthquakes took place southwest of the town of Manokwari at a depth of some ten kilometers. Both earthquakes occured on land, so there is no danger for a tsunami. Since the main earthquakes occurred yesterday, there have ben 49 aftershocks with an intensity of 5.0 or higher on the Richter Scale.
indahnesia.com lists all earthquakes that occur in Indonesia. For your convenience we display them in a list and a Google Map. It is as accurate and recent as you can imagine as we check for updates every few minutes. If an earthquake occurs in Indonesia, this is the place to check it out in the first place.
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MANOKWARI - Two more medium-sized aftershocks shook the area around Manokwari, West Papua. The first earthquake had an intensity of 5.5 on the Richter Scale and had place around 12:41 lokal time. The second quake, which had a strength of 5.4 on the Richter Scale came just a little while later, at 13:07 local time.
