REUTERS, Saturday March 3, 4:27 PM
Moderate quake jolts Indonesia's Papua
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's
Papua island on Saturday, damaging some houses and a TV tower but caused no
serious damage or deaths, a meteorological official said.
The quake struck 67 km southeast of Manokwari, the capital of West Irian Jaya
province, at a depth of 33 km, Setiyono, an analyst at the meteorology and
geophysics agency, said.
Indonesia lies in the so called "Pacific Ring of Fire" where seismic activity is frequent
because of the shifting of tectonic plates.
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