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6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's West Papua province

Oct 23, 2009, 12:24 GMT

Jakarta - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua Friday evening, panicking residents, but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage, meteorologists said. The quake took place at a depth of 23 kilometres, located about 13 kilometres south-east of Manokwari in West Papua province. It occurred at 6:15 pm Jakarta time (1115 GMT), the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said. The BMG's statement say the quake, the latest in a series of jolts to hit Indonesia in recent weeks, did not trigger a tsunami, and there were no immediate reports of injury or structural damage. Reports from Manokwari said residents ran out of their homes in panic after the earthquake. Indonesia sits in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a chain of fault lines and volcanoes noted for seismic activity. On September 30, a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck West Sumatra, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring hundreds of others.

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