Irian Jaya Indonesia 7.2 magnitude earthquake April 6, 2013
Eastern Indonesia's mountainous West Papua province was struck by a 7.2 magnitude Earthquake just few hours ago. The quake was reported by U.S. Geological Survey, according to them The quake hit 256 km (159 miles) east of Enarotali and was 58 km (36 miles) deep.
No damages or casualities has been reported, no tsunami alert has been raised by the Indonesian meteorological survey.
Yesterday, the capital of the Philippines was also struck by 5.4 magnitude earthquake, it was a mild quake says by the officials of Geological Survey.
It was during 2004 when the northern Indonesian province of Aceh was struck by a magnitude 9.1 quake and was followed by a huge tsunami waves which killed more than 230,000 people in 13 countries around the Indian Ocean.
