Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 9: At least four people have died and several houses and buildings are destroyed after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s Papua province, a disaster agency official said.
“The quake damaged houses, a restaurant and buildings. Four people were killed during the earthquake. Now we are carrying out risk assessments of the quake,” the official told Xinhua news agency.
#Earthquake in Indonesia's Papua kills 4
The quake was at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said.https://t.co/54RVUf5SIy
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According to country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency, the earthquake occurred at 1.28 p.m. with its epicentre located 1 km southwest of the provincial capital of Jayapura and a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, it said. Several aftershocks occurred after the main tremor, according to the agency.
Further details awaited.
