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Earthquake in Papua, Indonesia

In the early morning hours of January 4, 2009, a pair of powerful earthquakes rattled Papua, Indonesia.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using earthquake and plate tectonics data from the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program, elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility, and ocean bathmetry data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ETOP1 global relief model of Earth’s surface. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published January 10, 2009
Data acquired January 3 - 7, 2009