Earthquake in Indonesia: Quake of Magnitude 5.3 on Richter Scale Strikes Off Highland Papua Province
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Highland Papua province on Wednesday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
Jakarta, July 24: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Highland Papua province on Wednesday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The inland earthquake struck at 07:22 a.m. Jakarta time, with the epicentre located 96 km northeast of the Mamberamo Tengah regency at a depth of 26 km, according to the agency as reported by Xinhua news agency. Earthquake in Indonesia: Quake of Magnitude 5.7on Richter Scale Hits off Sumatra Province.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, lies in a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire," making the nation prone to earthquakes.
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