At 4:43 am on 4 January 2009 a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Manokwari . Felt as far away as Australia , the 35 km deep earthquake killed four people , injured 19 more and 167,000 people were left without power . Local residents were evacuated to Manokwari Military Academy in order to seek shelter from possible tsunamis and aftershocks that were felt throughout the day . Damage occurred to the Mutiara Hotel , the Naval hospital , and several other buildings . Manokwari Regional Airport had significant damage , being closest to the epicenter , and all four deaths resulted there . The Indonesian government sent a team of seven doctors to Manokwari to assist with the injured . Originally , the team was projected to be ten people , but due to the severe damage of the runway only seven were able to be transported in . This was not unlike the previous quakes on 10 October 2002 when another 7.6 magnitude quake shook the region . In 1996 similar quakes also halted progress in the local region but there is no record of the recorded magnitude
magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Manokwari
2009 Papua earthquakes
Manokwari