The quake`s epicenter was located at 1.50 degree southern latitude and 133.85 degree eastern longitude, 36 km west of Ransiki, South Manokwari District, West Papua Province, and at a depth of 10 kilo meter, Petrus Demon Sili, head of the Jayapura meteorology and geophysics office, said here, Thursday.
The shallow tremor did not trigger a subsequent tsunami.
Residents of Ransiki felt the earthquake at III MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity).
Reporting by Musa Abubar (f001)
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