5.3-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia


JAKARTA (Xinhua): A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern province of Highland Papua on Friday, the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said.

The on-land quake occurred at 22 km southeast of Yahukimo regency at 14:06 p.m. local time (0706 GMT) with a depth of 10 km, the agency said.

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