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Intense 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia: geologists
A moderate 6.0-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Papua province on the island of New Guinea today, the US Geological Survey said.
Updated on: Oct 23, 2009, 20:18:01 IST
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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.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
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