Quake measuring 5.3 strikes off Indonesia's Highland Papua
24-Jul-2024 09:23 AM 1594
Jakarta, July 24 (Reporter) A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Highland Papua province on Wednesday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The inland earthquake struck at 07:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0022 GMT), with the epicenter located 96 kilometers northeast of the Mamberamo Tengah regency at a depth of 26 kilometers, according to the agency. Indonesia, an archipelagic country, lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire," making the nation prone to earthquakes...////...
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