Earthquake kills four in Indonesia’s Papua province
An official said that four people were killed on Thursday due to a magnitude-5.1 earthquake in Indonesia’s Papua province.
Residents had already retrieved the bodies of the four from the sea.
They had been in a waterfront cafe when the quake hit the provincial capital, Jayapura, and destroyed the building, according to Asep Khalid, the head of the local disaster management agency.
The shallow quake also damaged homes and other buildings, including the city’s largest shopping mall.
Mr Khalid said that the Jayapura General Hospital patients were taken outside the building.
According to the national geophysics agency, the quake struck at 3:28 p.m. (0828 GMT) at a depth of 10km.
The agency said more than 1,000 earthquakes had rocked the city since January 2.
“Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area known for volcanic eruptions and seismic upheavals,” said the agency.
(dpa/NAN)
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