Earthquake strikes off Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on Friday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

According to Xinhua, the agency reported the quake occurred at 11.25 am Jakarta time (0425 GMT) with its epicentre being at 42 km northwest of Jayapura district and a depth of 28 km under-land, the agency said.

The earthquake is unlikely to trigger a tsunami. - BERNAMA