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A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua on Sunday (19 January 2020 16:58 UTC), the United States Geological Survey said.



A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua on Sunday

There was no tsunami warning accompanying the quake which struck inland 158km from the provincial capital Jayapura at a shallow depth of almost 34km, USGS said.

The Southeast Asian archipelago is one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth.

In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island left more than 4,300 people dead or missing.

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