Earthquake hit the two areas in Papua on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Mitigation Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Daryono inform, the two earthquakes in Sorong and Bintuni Bay, did not cause a tsunami.

BMKG analysis results showed the first earthquake that shook the region of Sorong happened at 1:46:05 am with the power of a magnitude of 4.2. The epicenter at coordinates 0.76 degrees southern latitude and 131.27 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 5 kilometers.

The second quake that shook Bintuni happened at 6:29:08 am, with the power of a magnitude of 5.4, with the epicenter at the coordinates of 2.26 degrees southern latitude and 133.86 degrees BT at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Source: https://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2016/10/12/058811560/papua-digoyang-dua-gempa-karena-aktivitas-sesar