JAKARTA, Jan 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of revised 6.1, jolted Indonesia’s eastern Papua province on Saturday evening (last night), but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Previously, the agency had released the quake at magnitude of 6.3.
The quake struck at 23:38 p.m. local time (1638 GMT), with the epicentre located at 39 km northwest of Jayapura district of the province, and the depth of 56 km under earth, official in charge at the agency, Abdul Rosyid, said.
“This quake did not potentially trigger tsunami, so we did not issue a warning for that,” he said, by phone.
Indonesia is frequently hit by quakes, as it sits on a vulnerable quake-impacted zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”– NNN-ANTARA
