Saturday, March 03, 2007

'Moderate' earthquake hits Papua Barat province

A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck western New Guinea island on Saturday, damaging some houses and a TV tower but caused no serious damage or deaths. The quake struck 67 km southeast of Manokwari, the capital of Indonesia's Papua Barat (West Papua) province, at a depth of 33 km.

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