Quake rocks Papua in Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted

Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency has lifted a tsunami warning in Papua in the easternmost of Indonesia where a 7.1-magnitude quake struck late Wednesday morning.

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 10:16 a.m. Jakarta time (0316 GMT) with the epicenter 123 km southeast Biak of Papua and the depth 10 km under sea bed, and a tsunami warning was issued, official of the agency Sujabar told Xinhua. The mainshock was followed by two strong aftershocks of 6.6 and 5.3 on the Ritcher scale respectively.

Jerry Purba, an official with the agency, said several buildings have collapsed in Biak of Papua. “We got reports from the meteorology office in Biak that several buildings have collapsed,” Jerry Purba told Xinhua.

The metro television also reported that several buildings cracked. But they did not say if there are casualties.