Jayapura, Papua (Antara) - A strong earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted Sarmi district in Papua at 4.33 am local time on Tuesday.
Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located between 2.64 degrees Southern Latitude and 139.55 degrees Eastern Longitude at a depth of 13 km, or some 43 km southeast of Sarmi.
But there was no further report of casualty or material damage resulted from the earthquake.
Earlier on Sunday a 4.6-magnitude earthquake also shook Alor district in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara.
The earthquake which struck at 01.35 a.m. local time was centered 08.47 degrees Southern Latitude and 124.19 degrees Eastern Longitude or 44 km southwest of Alor at a depth of 10 km, according to BMKG office in Kupang.
The tremor was felt by the local people at III-IV on the modified mercalli intensity scale, the office said.
The office also said an earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale also shook Sumba Barat Daya district at 10.49 a.m. on Sunday.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 09.39 degrees southern latitude and 118.84 degrees eastern longitude or 37 northwest of Sumba Barat Daya at a depth of 34 km, it said.(*)
