The eastern Indonesian province of Papua was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed. No information about possible damage was immediately known, and the authorities did not even issue a tsunami warning. TASR took over the report from the AFP agency.
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 hit the province of Papua in Indonesia.
- Authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.
- The epicenter was located 200 km from the city of Jayapura.
- Indonesia often experiences earthquakes due to the ring of fire.
- No damage or aftershocks have been recorded yet.
According to the USGS, the epicenter of the earthquake was located about 200 kilometers from the city of Jayapura on the northern coast of the province at a depth of 35 kilometers. The region was hit at 2:48 p.m. local time (7:48 a.m. CET).
Indonesian Bureau of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) set the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.4 at a depth of 16 kilometers. According to the director of the Agency for Earthquakes and Tsunami Daryonoa, no aftershocks have been recorded so far.
In Indonesia, which consists of more than 17,000 islands, earthquakes are frequent because it lies on the so-called circle of fire. This term refers to an area of increased seismic activity at the edges of the Pacific Ocean, where several tectonic plates meet.
