At 4:17 a.m. local time on Sunday, an earthquake struck, with its epicenter situated 84 km northeast of Tambrauw district at a depth of 10 km, according to the information provided by the weather agency as cited in a report by Xinhua news agency.
Updated On – 05:29 PM, Sun – 17 September 23
Jakarta: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia‘s eastern province of West Papua on Sunday, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The earthquake occurred at 4:17 a.m. Jakarta time on Sunday with its epicentre located 84 km northeast of Tambrauw district with a depth of 10 km, the weather agency said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
The agency added the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.
