A large earthquake hit West Papua, Indonesia today at 12:12 pm local time. Preliminary analysis by Geoscience Australia put the magnitude at 6.4. The epicentre was located 5 km off the coast near Manokwari, a town of 52,000 people. No tsunami was reported. The epicentre was 60 km north of Gunung Umsini. This mountain was previously thought to be a volcano, but there is no definite evidence of volcanic activity. West Papua is a seismically active region which lacks identified volcanoes despite its location between two volcanically active regions.
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- John Seach
- John Seach is a scientist and the world's leading volcano adventurer. Over the past 24 years John has traveled to the world's most exciting volcanoes, and witnessed eruptions during trips to more than 200 volcanoes. John's work has been featured on award winning television programmes. John is the founder of "Volcano Live", the world's first volcano news and volcano travel website.