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Indonesia's West Papua hit by 5.0-magnitude earthquake

17 Sep 2023 10:15am
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JAKARTA - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua on Sunday, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.

The earthquake occurred at 4.17am Jakarta time Sunday (2117 GMT Saturday) with its epicentre located 84 km northeast of Tambrauw district with a depth of 10 km, reported Xinhua quoting the weather agency.

The agency said the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves. - BERNAMA

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