The quake occurred at 4pm (0901 GMT) with the epicenter 300 kilometersmiles) southeast of Jayapura, the capital of the Indonesian part of Papua island, Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake was not felt in Indonesia's province of Papua, the agency said.

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