Strong earthquakes jolt parts of Indonesia’s West Papua province

No less than 4 land-based earthquakes of between 6.2 and 5.5 magnitudes have been recorded, although there have been no early stories of harm or casualties.

The Raja Ampat islands off Indonesia's far japanese West Papua province [File: Goh Chai Hin/AFP]

A sequence of sturdy inland earthquakes has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost West Papua province, however there have been no quick stories of significant harm or casualties.

No less than 4 land-based earthquakes between 6.2 and 5.5 magnitudes have been recorded on Saturday and centred about 37 kilometres (23 miles) northwest of Central Mamberamo district in West Papua, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Company stated.

The earthquakes have been measured at a depth of as much as 16km (10 miles), the company stated.

“Up to now, there have been no stories of harm because of the earthquake. The modelling outcomes present that this earthquake has no tsunami potential,” the company stated on its web site.

Daryono, who heads the Earthquake and Tsunami Mitigation Division, additionally stated the quakes posed no hazard of triggering a tsunami.

“There isn't a report on the impression of harm,” stated Daryono, who goes by a single title.

He stated the earthquakes have been triggered by a thrust within the Mamberamo Anjak fault.

Indonesia is a seismically energetic archipelago of some 270 million individuals and is often struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.

Indonesia straddles the “Pacific Ring of Hearth”, the place completely different tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust meet and create frequent seismic exercise.

With a inhabitants of some 1.2 million, West Papua is certainly one of Indonesia’s least-populous provinces.

In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed a minimum of 25 individuals and injured greater than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed greater than 100 individuals and injured almost 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.

An infinite quake off the coast of Aceh in 2004 triggered a robust tsunami that killed an estimated 230,000 individuals in a dozen international locations world wide.

The US Geological Survey measured the quakes on Saturday at between 6.1 and 5.9 magnitude at a depth of 19 to 33km (11.8 to twenty.5 miles).

Prelim M6.1 Earthquake Papua, Indonesia Sep-09 23:31 UTC, updates https://t.co/gjZ7ajASog

— USGS Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (@USGSted) September 9, 2022

Variations in early measurements between companies are frequent.