An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit the province of Papua in eastern Indonesia. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said in a statement today that the epicenter of the earthquake occurred 9 km from the city of Jayapura in the province. at a depth of 10 km. The agency has issued a warning of aftershocks from the quake, but so far there have been no reports of property or human loss from the quake.
On January 2, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Papua Province in eastern Indonesia without triggering a tsunami. Earthquakes regularly occur in different parts of Indonesia, where it is located in the Pacific belt known as the “Ring of Fire” and many tectonic plates meet and cause frequent volcanic and seismic activity.
