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{{Short description|Earthquake in Southwest Papua, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox earthquake
| name = 2009 West Papua earthquakes
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| map = Papua earthquake shakemap.jpg
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| map2 = {{Location map | Indonesia
| relief = yes
| label =
| lat = -0.414
| long = 132.885
| mark = Bullseye1.png
| marksize = 40
| position = bottom
| width = 250
| float = right
| caption =
}}
|tags=y
| timestamp = doublet
| timestamp-A = 2009-01-03 19:43:55
| timestamp-B = 2009-01-03 22:33:42
| isc-event-A = 13989025
| isc-event-B = 13989020
| anss-url-A = usp000gs2d
| anss-url-B = usp000gs3t
| local-date = January 4, 2009
| local-time-A = 04:43
| local-time-B = 07:23
| duration =
| magnitude-A = 7.6 {{M|w|link=y|src=GCMT}}<ref>{{Short-isc|EHB|13989025}}</ref>
| magnitude-B = 7.4 {{M|w|link=y|src=GCMT}}<ref>{{Short-isc|EHB|13989020}}</ref>
| depth = {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Short-isc|GEM|13989020}}</ref>
| location = {{coord|-0.414|132.885|region:PG_type:event|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Thrust fault|Thrust]]<ref>{{harvnb|Poiata|Koketsu|Miyake|2010|p=}}.</ref>
| affected = [[Indonesia]]
| damages =
| intensity = A: {{MMI|VI}}<ref>{{Short-anss|Papua|2009a|sub-title=Shakemap|sub-url=usp000gs2d#shakemap}}</ref> <br />
B: {{MMI|7}}<ref>{{Short-anss|Papua|2009b|sub-title=Shakemap|sub-url=usp000gs3t#shakemap}}</ref>
| pga = 
| tsunami = {{convert|1.8|m|abbr=on}}<ref>{{harvnb|Poiata|Koketsu|Miyake|2010|p=}}.</ref>
| landslide =
| casualties = 4 dead, dozens injured
}}

The '''2009 West Papua earthquakes''' occurred on January 4 local time in [[Indonesia]]'s [[Tambrauw Regency]] in [[Southwest Papua]] (then [[West Papua Province]]). The very large [[earthquake doublet]] comprised a {{M|w|link=y}} 7.6 initial shock that had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (''Strong'') and a second event measuring {{M|w}} 7.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). The events took place less than three hours apart to the east-northeast of [[Sorong (city)|Sorong]] on the [[Bird's Head Peninsula]] and left at least four people dead and dozens injured.

==Earthquake==
There have been twenty-three aftershocks above magnitude 5.0 and another at magnitude 6.0. The earthquakes were also felt in nearby [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Strong earthquakes hit Indonesia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7810106.stm |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=BBC News|date=4 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Quiano |first1=Kathy |title=Indonesia earthquake kills at least 2, injures 35 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/indonesia.earthquake/index.html |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=CNN |date=4 January 2009}}</ref>

==Impact==
An official of [[World Vision International]], a humanitarian aid organization, said ten buildings had been destroyed, including several hotels and the house of a government official. Officials said three people, who had been staying at the Mutiara hotel in the city of [[Manokwari]], were pulled alive from the rubble and taken to a hospital. Two hotels collapsed in the quake.

==See also==
*[[List of earthquakes in 2009]]
*[[List of earthquakes in Indonesia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Cite anss|mode=cs2|Papua|2009a|title=M7.7 – near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000gs2d#general_summary}}
* {{Cite anss|mode=cs2|Papua|2009b|title=M7.4 – near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000gs3t#general_summary
}}
* {{Cite isc|mode=cs2|EHB}}
* {{Cite isc|mode=cs2
|GEM
|title=ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)
|url=http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php
|author=ISC
|year=2015
|series=Version 2.0
}}

* {{Citation
|first1= N. |last1= Poiata
|first2= K. |last2= Koketsu
|first3= H. |last3= Miyake
|year= 2010
|title= Source processes of the 2009 Irian Jaya, Indonesia, earthquake doublet
|journal= Earth, Planets and Space
|volume= 62 |issue= 5 |page= 475
|bibcode= 2010EP&S...62..475P
|doi= 10.5047/eps.2010.02.008
|url= https://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/2010/6205/62050475.pdf
|doi-access= free
}}

*[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36507 Earthquake in Papua, Indonesia] – [[NASA Earth Observatory]]
*{{EQ-isc-link|13989025}}

{{Earthquakes in 2009}}
{{Earthquakes in Indonesia}}

[[Category:2009 tsunamis]]
[[Category:2009 earthquakes|Papua earthquake]]
[[Category:Papua (province)]]
[[Category:West Papua (province)]]
[[Category:2009 in Indonesia|Papua earthquake]]
[[Category:Earthquakes in Indonesia]]
[[Category:Tsunamis in Indonesia]]
[[Category:January 2009 in Indonesia]]

2009 West Papua earthquakes - Revision history

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