6.1-magnitude quake strikes eastern Indonesia
Xinhua
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An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude jolted Papua province in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
The quake struck at 09:12 a.m. Jakarta time with an epicenter at 32 km southeast of Tolikara and a depth of 111 km, official of the agency Fahmi Nugraha told Xinhua by phone.
Indonesia is prone to quake as it lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire.