Magnitude 5.3 Quake Jolts Nabire, Papua

Bandar Lampung (Antara) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Ritcher scale hit Nabire district, Papua province, at 23.48 p.m Western Indonesian Time (WIB), Saturday evening (July 20), an official said. According to infromation from Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) the epicenter of the quake was located at 3.17 degress southern latitude and 135.37 degress eastern longitude or 26 km northwest of Nabire dictrict, Papua, at a depth 21 km. (*)