JAKARTA - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua on Friday (Dec 28), the United States Geological Survey said, causing nervous residents to panic, about a week after a tsunami killed hundreds farther west in the archipelago.
Indonesian authorities measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.1 and said it was "felt quite strongly for several seconds".
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The region in Papua, which makes up half the island known as New Guinea, is sparsely populated.
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