Dekat pantai selatan Papua, Indonesia

Gempa bumi berkekuatan M7.3 mengguncang Near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia pada kedalaman 10 km. Peristiwa seismik early 21st century ini dicatat dan dianalisis oleh Survei Geologi Amerika Serikat.This earthquake occurred in a subduction zone, where one plate descends beneath another into the mantle. Subduction zones generate the planet's most powerful earthquakes.