Quake hits Indonesia's Papua island, four dead

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Source: Reuters


JAKARTA (Reuters) - A series of quakes off the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Papua early on Sunday killed four people and injured several others, officials and local television said.

The quake triggered a small tsunami that hit the Japanese coast but there was no damage, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The Indonesian authorities also issued a tsunami warning for Papua, but lifted it shortly afterwards.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitude 7.6 quake occurred some 150 km (95) miles) northeast of Manokwari in the Indonesian half of the island of Papua, at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles). An official at Indonesia's meteorology agency said there were several quakes in the area during the night.


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1. Is this the island that's having a terrible time staying above water??

If a tsunami hit it...it must have washed right over top...scary....wb