JAKARTA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's eastern Highland Papua province on Wednesday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The inland earthquake struck at 07:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0022 GMT), with the epicenter located 96 kilometers northeast of the Mamberamo Tengah regency at a depth of 26 kilometers, according to the agency.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire," making the nation prone to earthquakes. ■