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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula (Indonesian: Kepala Burung, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea and the major part of the Province of West Papua, Indonesia.
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Doublet earthquake
Seismologists sometimes refer to a pair of similarly sized earthquake shocks that occur relatively closely spaced in time and location as an earthquake "doublet." This occurrence is distinct from the normal pattern of earthquake aftershocks.
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Indonesia
Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.
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List of earthquakes in 2009
Earthquakes in 2009 resulted in 1,853 fatalities.
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List of earthquakes in Indonesia
This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia—as indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity—much large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region.
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Manokwari
Manokwari is a town in Indonesia and the capital of the province of West Papua, at the western end of New Guinea.
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Mercalli intensity scale
The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake.
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NASA Earth Observatory
NASA Earth Observatory is an online publishing outlet for NASA which was created in 1999.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
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Peak ground acceleration
Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at a location.
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Reuters
Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
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Seismic magnitude scales
Seismic magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake.
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Sorong (city)
Sorong is a chartered coastal city in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.
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Thrust fault
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
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West Papua (province)
West Papua (Papua Barat) is a province of Indonesia.
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World Vision International
World Vision International is an Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization.
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