Ahmet Salih Alacacı
28 December 2018•Update: 28 December 2018
By Mahmut Atanur
JAKARTA
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit eastern province of West Papua on Friday.
The epicenter of the quake was 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of the province’s capital , according to a statement by the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology Geophysics.
The agency issued a tsunami warning following the tremor.
No casualties have yet been reported.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake had struck the country's Sulawesi Island on Sept. 28, triggering a tsunami that towered up to 10 feet (3 meters) high and killing over 2,000 people.
