Earthquake
At 4:43 am local time on 3 January 2009, an earthquake 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale struck near the northern coast of the Doberai Peninsula. A tsunami warning was initially issued but lifted within an hour of the quake. The earthquake occurred about 150 km west-northwest of Manokwari and about 170 km east-northeast of Sorong.
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