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West Papua Struck By 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake

Translator

Ricky Mohammad Nugraha

Editor

Petir Garda Bhwana

11 November 2021 07:21 WIB

Earthquake illustration. geo.tv

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in its Tweet on the early morning of Thursday announced a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the southeast region of West Papua. 

According to the agency, the earthquake’s hypocenter was 14 kilometers underneath, which is classified as a shallow quake. 

The exact location is at the coordinates: 4.29 south latitude and 134.21 east longitude, around 115 kilometers southeast of Kaimana, West Papua. The agency said the strong earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning. 

Read: BMKG: Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Strikes Java Sea

ERWIN PRIMA


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