Indonesia: Four killed, buildings damaged after quake in Papua; Karangetang volcano erupts, lava cascading down six rivers


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JAKARTA, Feb 10 (Xinhua): Four people were killed and three others were injured after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake destroyed several office buildings, houses, a hospital and other buildings in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on Thursday night, officials and the weather agency said.

The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency had first reported the quake with a magnitude of 5.4 before revising it.

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