Quake hits eastern Indonesia: seismologists

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the north coast of Indonesia’s Papua today, seismologists said.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the north coast of Indonesia’s Papua today, seismologists said.

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The quake struck with an epicentre 74 kilometres (46 miles) northwest of the town of Wewak, the US Geological Survey reported.

It was measured at a depth of 35 kilometres.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.