The 1996 Biak earthquake, or the 1996 Irian Jaya earthquake, occurred on February 17, 1996 at 14:59 local time (05:59 UTC) near the Biak Island, Indonesia. The earthquake had a magnitude of M_w 8.1. The run-up height of the generated tsunami reached 7 m. 108 people were reported dead. This earthquake was a thrust in a very oblique subduction zone. It ruptured at least 270 km along the New Guinea trench. The slip distribution is very nonuniform.