A 5.3‑magnitude earthquake struck the West Papua region of Indonesia at 2032 GMT on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The event’s epicenter was located at 4.53°S, 132.44°E, with a depth of 10 km. No damage, casualties, or aftershocks have been reported, according to the GFZ brief release.
Local media, including Jakarta News, echoed the GFZ announcement, noting the tremor’s timing and magnitude but offering no additional civil‑impact details. The valley of the Ceram Sea, just off the coast of Papua Barat, was also mentioned by a Spanish‑language volcanology site, which confirmed the 5.3‑magnitude figure but did not provide coordinates or depth data.
