The quake`s epicenter was located at 2.46 degree southern latitude and 140.55 degree eastern longitude, or 13 km northeast of Jayapura, and at a depth of 10 km, according to information from the Jayapura meteorology, climatology and geophysics office.
The tremor was felt by inhabitants of Heram Sub-district, Waena Abepura and Jayapura city.
Meanwhile, an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale hit West Halmahera, North Maluku Province, on Friday at 3:59 a.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), but it did not have potential to trigger a tsunami.
The tremor`s epicenter was located at 2.44 degree latitude and 127.24 degree longitude, at a depth of 10 km, and some 126 km northwest of West Halmahera.
Reporting by Musa Abubar, fardah
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