PAPUA, NETRALNEWS.COM - A 4.5-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale rocked the Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua Province, Sunday, at around 08.35 am, but reportedly caused no damage.

Head of National Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) Geophysics Station of Sorong Andri W said the epicenter was at sea about 92 km west of Raja Ampat Regency. The quake was centered on the coordinates of 0.63 degrees South Latitude and 130.02 degrees East Longitude with a depth of 10 km.

Residents in the Raja Ampat Islands felt the quake vibration. Residents who were in high rise buildings felt the effects of the earthquake.

According to Andri, judging from the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake was a shallow earthquake due to active fault activity. However, this earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, because its power is not large enough to generate changes in the seafloor that could trigger a tsunami.

"We appeal to the coastal communities not to be affected on irresponsible issues because the earthquake is not potential for tsunami," said Andri, as quoted by Antara, Sunday (8/6/2017). (*)