Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude rattles Indonesia's half of New Guinea island on Saturday.

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude rattled Indonesia's half of New Guinea island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said in a posting on its Web site.

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USGS had earlier said the quake was 6.6 magnitude.

The quake, at a depth of 37 km (23 miles), had its epicenter 182 km (113 miles) west of Jayapura in eastern Indonesia, USGS said.