Earthquake Jolted Off Eastern Indonesia

Earthquake Jolted Off Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Sept 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia’s eastern province of West Papua this morning, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The earthquake occurred at 4:17 a.m. Jakarta time, today (2117 GMT Saturday), with its epicentre located 84 km north-east of Tambrauw district, with a depth of 10 km, the weather agency said.

The agency said, the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.– NNN-ANTARA  

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