Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning -BMKG

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning -BMKG
# 10 September 2022 06:31 (UTC +04:00)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a tsunami, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, APA reports.

The quake struck about 262 km (163 miles) east-northeast of Biak in Indonesia, at a depth of 16 km (10 miles), BMKG reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Earlier on Saturday quakeswith magnitudes of 6.1, 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude struck near the same location.

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