Earthquake jolts off eastern Indonesia
Sep 17, 2023
National
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 17: 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 Sunday (2117 GMT Saturday) with its epicenter located 84 km northeast of Tambrauw district with a depth of 10 km, the weather agency said.
The agency said the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger giant waves.
Source: Xinhua
