Waibeem

Waibeem or Waibim is a village in West Papua, Indonesia. The town is located on the northern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, also known as the Vogelkop peninsula. The village has a population of 239 people, 200 people at least speak a language known as the Abun language, common to this coastline. In early January 2009, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter Scale took place with its epicentre near Waibeem. The earthquake created tsunamis.