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DISCUSSION This earthquake occurred in a region considered to have the most complex present-day tectonics on Earth. In the area surrounding Irian Jaya (the western half of New Guinea), four major tectonic plates, the Australian, Sunda, Philippine…

DISCUSSION The location and focal-mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with it having occurred on the thrust-interface between the Banda Sea micro-plate to the north and the Timor micro-plate to the south. The Banda Sea micro-plate moves south…

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