Earthquake awakes sleeping Jayapura

Earthquake awakes sleeping Jayapura

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the
Richter scale hit the provincial capital in the small hours of
Monday morning, but did not cause any serious damage other than a
few hours of lost sleep.

The tremor which occurred at 2:44 a.m. was also felt in areas
surrounding the capital of Irian Jaya, the local meteorological
and geophysics office said.

The quake's epicenter was located 180 kilometers southwest of
here and 12 kilometers beneath the earth's surface, Antara
reported.