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Earthquake shakes Indonesia's Papua
Posted: 21 August 2007 0627 hrs

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JAKARTA : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck
Papua in Indonesia on Tuesday, seismologists said.

The quake
was centred 101 kilometres from Tanahmerah, Irian Jaya and occurred
at 6.30 am (2130 GMT Monday) 10 kilometres underground, the US
Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of
damage or casualties.

Indonesia was the nation worst hit by
the earthquake-triggered tsunami of December 2004, which killed some
168,000 people in Aceh province alone.

The archipelago
nation sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates
collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity. -
AFP/de

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