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Earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia (People's Daily)
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Mimika district of Indonesia's Papua province Thursday morning, but there was no reports of casualties and material damage. According to local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BM ...
Earthquake measuring 5.5 shakes Taiwan (EARTHtimes.org)
Taipei - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Taiwan on Thursday, but there was no report of damage or casualties. The tremor struck Ilan on Taiwan's north-eastern tip at 11:05 am (0305 GMT), with its epicentre 78.9 kilomet...
