West Papua province of Indonesia is shaken by powerful earthquakes

• There were at least four land-based earthquakes.
• However no immediate reports of damage or injuries were made.
• West Papua, has seen a string of powerful inland earthquakes.

There were at least four land-based earthquakes between 6.2 and 5.5 on the Richter scale, however no immediate reports of damage or injuries were made.

The easternmost province of Indonesia, West Papua, has seen a string of powerful inland earthquakes, but no initial reports of significant damage or casualties have been made.

According to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, at least four land-based earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.2 to 5.5 were felt on

Saturday and were centered around 37 kilometers (23 miles) northwest of the Central Mamberamo region in West Papua.

The depth of the earthquakes was up to 16 km.

“As of now, there have been no reports of earthquake-related damage. The results of the modelling indicate that there will be no tsunami from this earthquake.

The head of the division in charge of preventing earthquakes and tsunamis, Daryono, added that there was no risk of a tsunami being sparked by the earthquakes.

The person who goes by the name Daryono stated, “There is no report on the impact of damage.”

According to him, a thrust in the Mamberamo Anjak fault caused the earthquakes.

With 270 million inhabitants, Indonesia is a seismically active archipelago that frequently experiences earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

The “Pacific Ring of Fire,” where various tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust collide and frequently produce seismic activity, crosses Indonesia.

West Papua, one of Indonesia’s least populous provinces, has a population of about 1.2 million.

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 struck West Sulawesi province in January 2021 resulted in more than 100 fatalities and approximately 6,500 injuries.

In 2004, a massive earthquake off the coast of Aceh sparked a strong tsunami that killed an estimated 230,000 people in a dozen different nations.

The quakes on Saturday were evaluated by the US Geological Survey as being between 6.1 and 5.9 magnitude at depths of 19 to 33 kilometres (11.8 to 20.5 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