5.2-magnitude quake hits near north coast of West Papua -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.2-magnitude quake hits near north coast of West Papua -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-04-21 03:02:45

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted near the north coast of West Papua at 1847 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 2.27 degrees south latitude and 139.11 degrees east longitude.