Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - The Meteorology and Geophysics office in Kotabumi, Lampung, recorded an earthquake rocking area northwest of Yalimo in Papua with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter Scale on Wednesday morning, but no report of casualty.

The quake hit at 06.53 local time with epicenter in the sea at a depth of 66 kilometers, 104 kilometers Northwest of Yalimo, or 170 km west of Jayapura Papua and 3,618 km northeast of Jakarta.

Head of the meteorology office in Kotabumi Yuharman gave no information about possible casualty and damage to property saying only the quake would cause no tsunami.
(Uu.AS/H-ASG/O001)

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