EARTHQUAKE JOLTS WEST SUMATRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON

Jakarta, Jan. 9 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Painan, West Sumatra Province, on Friday at 1.54 m.
The quake's epicenter was located at 1.61 degrees southern latitude and 100.39 degrees eastern longitude, around 35 km southwest of Painan, at a depth of 21 km below sea level, according to the national meteorological and geophysics office here on Friday.
On Friday, at least four earthquakes hit Indonesia. The temblors were felt in Sorong (twice), Manokwari (West Papua Province), and Painan.
Last Sunday (Jan. 4), a series of earthquakes hit Manokwari, West Papua Province, killed five, injured dozens of residents and damaged a number of buildings, including hotels and the West Papua governor's office.
According to information on the BMG's website, Papua Island, the eastern most Indonesian island, was jolted by tens of temblors with magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 7.6 on the Richter scale, on Sunday morning.
The earthquakes affected Manokwari and Sorong (West Papua Province), and Biak (Papua Province).
Among the powerful earthquakes hitting Manokwari were a 7.2 magnitude temblor which rocked at 2.33 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), and a 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurring at 5.33 am (WIB).
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.