Strong quake jolts Indonesia’s Papua

[arcos]

Strong quake jolts Indonesia’s Papua

Temblor registers 6.8; no injuries in early reports

This developing story will be updated.HONG KONG - A strong earthquake hit Indonesia early Friday, seismologists in Hong Kong and the United States said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The magnitude 6.8 temblor struck at 6:05 a.m. (4:05 p.m. EST), and its epicenter was in western Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, about 1,400 miles east of Jakarta, the Hong Kong Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The U.S. agency said the quake was centered 6 miles underground.

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4186367/

[xray s]

1. more info here

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usembh.htm

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Uh-oh

When a big tremblor goes off like that, there'll be a few more big shakes around the world....

[SoCalDem]

3. Isn't Papua in New Guinea??

:shrug:

[Wonk]

4. Death toll in Indonesia's earthquakes reaches 22

JAKARTA, Feb. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The death toll in the earthquakes in Indonesia's Papua on Friday morning reached 22 people as of 1:10 p.m. local time (0100 GMT) and the figure could increase as thedamages following the earthquakes also happened in several villages in the city of Nabire.

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The earthquakes in the Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua which measured 6.91 on the Richter scale also damaged an airport tower in Nabire.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/06/content_1302075.htm