Moderate quake hits Papua

Moderate quake hits Papua

JAKARTA: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Thursday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Office here said.

The quake struck at 5:35 a.m. with an epicenter 33 kilometers under the bed of the Pacific Ocean some 843 kilometers north of the town of Manokwari, Subagyo from the office here told AFP.

The quake was felt moderately in Manokwari but there were no immediate reports of any damage, Subagyo said. -- AFP