Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Indonesia's West Papua

The quake was at a depth of 17 km

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West Papua, Updated At : 02:29 PM Aug 12, 2025 IST

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Indonesia's West Papua region on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, revising the figure higher from an earlier estimate of 6.1 magnitude.

The quake was at a depth of 17 km (10.56 miles), it added.

More details awaited.

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