Bandarlampung (Antara Bali) - A moderate quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Nabire, Papua province, on Sunday at 11.43 West Indonesian Time (WIB).

According to information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the quake was centered 3.35 degrees southern latitude and 135.90 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 72 kilometers.

Earlier on July 2, a magnitude 6.2 quake hit Central Aceh and Bener Meriah districts in Aceh province. About 33 people were killed, 33 missing, and 92 others injured seriously and 352 lightly because of the quake. (*/M038)

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