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View all search resultsEarthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Papua
The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS said.
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A screen capture of amap from USGS website shows a yellow star indicating the location of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Papua province on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. (JP/-)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS said.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 2:48 pm local time (0548 GMT), was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Jayapura, at a depth of 35 kilometres, the USGS said.
There was no tsunami warning after the quake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
On Friday last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in East Nusa Tenggara spewed a 10-kilometre (6.2-miles) molten plume of ash topped by lightning, weeks after another huge eruption triggered dozens of flight cancellations in Bali.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted at 20:48 pm (1248 GMT), the volcanology agency said in a statement.
There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties.
The eruption was triggered by a gas buildup in recent weeks.
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