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6.2-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no potential for tsunami

Sep 10, 2022

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 10: A earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on Saturday, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The quake is classified as the mainshock after a series of foreshocks with magnitudes of 6.0, 5.9 and 5.5 rocked the province several minutes earlier, the agency said.
The mainshock jolted at 07:05 Jakarta time (0005 GMT) with the epicenter at 37 km northwest of Memberamo Tengah (Central Memberamo) district and the depth of 10 km under the earth, it said.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, according to the agency.
Source: Xinhua

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