Quake sparks panic in Indonesia`s West Papua

jAKARTA (ANTARA News) - A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted eastern
Indonesia on Monday, damaging some houses and sparking panic among
residents but causing no deaths, a meteorology agency official said.

The U.S. Geological Survey placed the strong quake, shallow at only 35
km (21.7 miles) deep, at an epicentre at 8 km (5 miles) north of the
coastal town of Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province.

"There are several houses on fire but we don't know yet how many
exactly," Fauzi, head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency's
earthquake centre told Reuters.

"The quake could have caused a short connection that ignited fire or stoves in use may have been tipped over."