A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia’s East Papua province. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on Thursday (October 16). There were no immediate reports of tsunami warnings or damage.
\nThe US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which struck at 2:48 pm local time, was centered about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Jaipur and at a depth of 35 kilometers.
\nThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was no threat of a tsunami from the quake.
\nThe Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded a magnitude 6.4 earthquake at a depth of 16 kilometers.
\nA large archipelago located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is often hit by earthquakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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