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Wed, 01/14/2009 - 15:49
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EARTHQUAKE JOLTS MANOKWARI ON WEDNESDAY

Jakarta, Jan. 14 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Manokwari, West Papua Province, on Wednesday, at 2.19 pm Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

The quake's epicenter was located at 1.07 degrees southern latitude and 133.11 degrees eastern longitude, around 109 km southwest of Manokwari, at a depth of 20 km below sea level, according to information of the national meteorological and geophysics office here on Wednesday.

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Manokwari on January 4, 2009, killing four people, injured several others, and damaged dozens of buildings.

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