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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes north coast of Papua
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said.
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This image from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows a tremblor gauged on a seismograph 22 December 2003, described as a major earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, which shook central and southern California. (AFP/AFP)
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n earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the north coast of Papua, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Thursday.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said.
In January, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Maluku and Timor Leste, injuring at least one person after rattling nearby islands, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee in panic.
The epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometres, the US Geological Survey reported.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the tremor was felt on the eastern islands of Timor, the Maluku archipelago and Papua. It reported some aftershocks at a magnitude of 5.5.
