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GNS Seismological Observatory Earthquake Information (NZ)

Information on earthquakes from the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (NZ).

http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/earthquakes/index.html

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Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea

BBC, Monday, 9 September, 2002, 08:51 GMT 09:51 UK. A major earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has hit the coastal waters north of Papua New Guinea. Initial unconfirmed reports said at least four people were killed and some coastal houses were destroyed. About 20,000 in the provincial capital Wewak have been left without water. A tremor of a similar size in 1998 caused a tsunami, or wave surge, which hit the shore killing over 2,000 people. But this quake sparked a smaller tidal wave, which washed 10-15 metres (30-50 feet) inland, and knocked some coastal houses off their stilts, according to officials in Wewak. At least two of those who died - a mother and her child - were reported by a Catholic church official to have drowned in the tsunami.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2245481.stm

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No water in PNG quake zone

By JACK METTA in WEWAK. Water is a rare commodity in Wewak town following the violent earthquake that rocked the coastal areas of East Sepik province on Monday morning. An emergency meeting of concerned parties including the Wewak hospital, the Waterboard, police, district administration, churches, the Wewak Chamber of Commerce, CIS, PNG Defence Force and the East Sepik government and administration agreed that repairing the burst water pipe was a matter of urgent priority. The National (PNG) Wednesday, 11 September 2002.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/8614fa848b38496349256c32001922ac?OpenDocument

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Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

Center specialising in earthquake engineering technologies

http://peer.berkeley.edu/

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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter Scale and depth of 30 km struck the north coast of PNG at 1844 hours UTC on Sunday 8 September 2002 (local time: 0444 hours on Monday 9 September). The epicentre was 3.2 degrees south, 142.9 degrees east; on the coastline one third of the 280 km distance from Wewak, capital of East Sepik Province, to Vanimo, capital of West Sepik, and 830 km northwest of Port Moresby. A tsunami warning was issued for the Pacific from the Philippines in the west, to Japan in the North, Marshall Islands in the east, and New Caledonia in the south. OCHA Situation Report No. 1, Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2002/0181, 9 September 2002.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/C9A33161A76BFFCAC1256C2F0057388A?OpenDocument

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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 2

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2002/0185. OCHA Situation Report No. 2, Papua New Guinea - Earthquake, 19 September 2002. This situation report is based on information provided by a small UNDAC team currently in Wewak assisting the East Sepik Provincial Disaster Committee, supplemented by information available at the national and international level. It is 10 days since a 7.6 earthquake shook the north coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) 95km west-northwest of Wewak, capital of East Sepik Province, at 0444 hours (local) on Monday 9 September. The earthquake generated a 1.5m high tsunami, which struck some areas along the coast and the outer islands of the province, particularly Muschu and Kairuru, 20km northwest of Wewak, and Walis and Tarawai, 55 km away. Strong aftershocks up to magnitude 6.3 occurred on the evenings of both 16 and 17 September.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/E46823F2B5417D4D85256C39005DA52C?OpenDocument

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South Pacific Tsunami

An earthquake measuring 8.1 struck 345km northwest of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara at 0740 local time Monday (2040 GMT Sunday). The earthquake caused a tsunami and there have been reports of damage in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami warning alerting authorities in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, northeastern Australia, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6ZVDQH?OpenDocument

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Tonga failed to get tsunami alert

When a massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, a power failure prevented international tsunami warnings from reaching the tiny country. While little damage was caused to Tonga or other countries in the South Pacific beyond broken windows, the quake has raised troubling questions about the effectiveness of tsunami alerts, which have come under global scrutiny since the Indian Ocean disaster nearly 18 months ago that left an estimated 216,000 people dead or missing in a dozen countries. (Associated Press & CNN, 4 May 2006)

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/04/tonga_fails_to_receive_tsunami_alert/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Jan 2002: Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI): Vanuatu Earthquake Situation Report No. 1

3 January 2002. Report provided by the OCHA Office of the Regional Disaster Response Advisor for the Pacific.

http://www.cidi.org/disaster/ixl164.html

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Jan 2002: Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI): Vanuatu Earthquake Situation Report No. 2

4 January 2002. The information for this report was provided by the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) through the OCHA Office of the Regional Disaster Response Adviser for the Pacific in Fiji.

http://www.cidi.org/disaster/02a/ixl2.html

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Jan 2002: Earthquake Bulletin: U.S. Geological Survey

Bulletin/Map of the Vanuatu earthquake from the National Earthquake Information Center (US).

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/sig_2002.html

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Jan 2002: Earthquake Causes Serious Damage in Vanuatu

A powerful undersea earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale caused widespread damage to the tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu, police said today. From The New Zealand Herald, 03.01.2002 - REUTERS.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=584956&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Jan 2002: ReliefWeb: Vanuatu - Earthquake

This page contains a list of the latest major documents added to ReliefWeb pertaining to Vanuatu: Earthquake - Jan 2002.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND/D57D32294DE72D20C1256B36004C0A9D?OpenDocument&StartKey=Vanuatu:+Earthquake+-+Jan+2002&ExpandView

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Vanuatu Earthquake - Nov 2002: OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2002/0231. A strong earthquake hit the northern province of Vanuatu, Torba, on Tuesday 28 November 2002. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale with its epicentre estimated at latitude 14.38 degrees south and longitude 167.78 degrees east (in the sea approximately 145 km north-northeast of Luganville town on Santo). Its origin time was 16.43 hrs GMT on 27 November 2002, or 03.43 hrs local time on 28 November. Aftershocks up to Magnitude 5.2 struck the same area over the next 24 hours.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/A8D417FDCAF31121C1256C8C003EBC78?OpenDocument

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Vanuatu Hit by Second Quake

A second major earthquake has hit Vanuatu following a powerful quake early yesterday. 4/01/02, ABC Radio Australia News.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/OCHA-64DEHH?OpenDocument

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Feb 2004: 29 Killed as Earthquakes Rock Indonesian Island

John Aglionby in Jakarta Saturday February 7, 2004 The Guardian A series of earthquakes hit Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, yesterday morning, killing at least 29 people and injuring up to 200, local authorities said. Most of the casualties were in and around the town of Nabire on the north coast of the province, which comprises the western half of New Guinea island and is 1,900 miles from the capital, Jakarta.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1142839,00.html

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Feb 2004: Indonesia - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 4

OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Indonesia - Earthquake Nabire - Papua Province This OCHA Situation Report contains: -A Situation Overview -National Responses -International Responses -Priority Relief Needs

http://www.kabar-irian.com/pipermail/kabar-irian/2004-February/000432.html

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Feb 2004: Quake-hit Indonesia town picks through the rubble

By Tomi Soetjipto NABIRE, Indonesia (Reuters) - Worshippers flocked to Sunday mass, shops opened for business and public transport plied the streets of Nabire in Indonesia's Papua province on Sunday as a semblance of normalcy returned after two earthquakes in as many days. Many of the coastal town's 26,000 residents spent the night in the open, fearing further quakes that could add to an official casualty toll that had already reached 27 dead and hundreds injured. The Papua military in the provincial capital of Jayapura put the deathtoll from the two major tremors at 31 and a spokesman said the number could increase.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/6a7aac5acc0c734149256e35001a966e?OpenDocument

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Oct 2002: Papua Earthquake Information Bulletin No. 01/02

A major earthquake with a locally recorded magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale occurred on 10 October 2002 at 19:50 hours local time (10:50 UTC) in the Manokwari district, Papua Province, Indonesia. The epicenter is located at 1.73S, 134.34E; 33km ocean depth, approximately 99km south of Manokwari, District of Papua. The coastal area was reportedly inundated overnight. A number of locations, including Biak, Timika, Sorong, Wamena, Jaya Wijaya and Nabire in Papua region also felt a strong tremor at the same time, with a series of aftershocks continuing through the night until this morning (Friday). (ReliefWeb) Source: IFRC, Date: 12 Oct 2002.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/c6bac0bc6b84871bc1256c52002e05bb?OpenDocument

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Oct 2002: Papua Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 2

On 10 October 2002 at 17.50 local time (10:50 UTC), a powerful earthquake hit the Papua Province, Indonesia. According to the United States Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was recorded 7.6 on the Richter Scale and its epicenter was 90 km south of Manokwari in the sea. Eight aftershocks ranging from 5.0 and 6.7 on the Richter Scale were recorded until 12 October, but a tsunami was not reported. (ReliefWeb) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Date: 15 Oct 2002.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/03806de4bcb766cc85256c53005aa1bb?OpenDocument

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Oct 2002: Papua Earthquake: OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 98

11 - 18 October 2002. On Saturday (12 Oct.), the National Geophysics and Meteorology Agency (BMG) revised the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Papua Province on Thursday (10 Oct.) to 7.6 on the Richter Scale. BMG recorded eight aftershocks, ranging from 5.0 and 6.7 on the Richter Scale, from 10 to 12 October. The six affected sub-districts are Manokwari, Oransbari, Ransiki, Prafi, Sururei, and Bintuni, of which Ransiki and Oransbari have been the worst affected. (ReliefWeb) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/04ef7774ecae0853c1256c560053de8d?OpenDocument

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West Papua/Indonesia Earthquake - Oct 2002: Papua Province: Earthquake Emergency Response Appeal No. 30/02

A major earthquake - 6.4 on the Richter Scale and several strong after-shocks - struck on 10 Oct 2002. More than 10,000 people in the Manokwari district, Papua Province, Indonesia, were affected. Casualty figures indicate that seven people were killed, 182 injured, approximately 800 houses damaged, with land links between districts cut off, and damage to bridges, community hall s and religious places. Manokwari district authorities requested emergency assistance for the affected population. In response to this request and on behalf of the Indonesian Red Cross the International Federation is launching this appeal primarily to address immediate needs, to be followed by a rehabilitation phase at a later period, subject to further assessment and availability of resources. On 18 Oct 2002, a second quake of 6.2 hit Iriyan Jaya, not far along the coast from the original quake. This appeal was launched just as details of this latest disaster were emerging. (ReliefWeb)

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/0c69b727c8905a6c85256c5600645099?OpenDocument

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