QUAKE HITS PAPUA

Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Sunday night.

The epicenter of the quake which struck at 08.19 p.m. was in the sea 113 km southwest of the provincial capital Jayapura at a depth of 15 km, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in a its official website.