Magnitude 6.4 Quake Strikes Eastern Indonesia

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Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua earlier Sunday, with no potential to cause a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.

The weather agency previously said the magnitude of the quake was recorded at 6.5.

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The earthquake jolted at 00:16 a.m. Jakarta time Sunday (1716 GMT Saturday), with the epicentre located 1 km south of Sarmi regency in Papua province and a depth of 50 km, it said.

The agency did not issue a tsunami warning because the tremors of the quake would not trigger giant waves.

Indonesia has been frequently stricken by earthquakes because of its position in a vulnerable quake-hit zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”