Intense 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia: geologists
AFP | HT Correspondent, Jakarta
Oct 23, 2009 08:18 PM IST
A moderate 6.0-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Papua province on the island of New Guinea today, the US Geological Survey said.
A moderate 6.0-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Papua province on the island of New Guinea today, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 1115 GMT, three kilometres east of Manokwari at a depth of 35 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.
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Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
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