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An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has struck Indonesia's West Papua region.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said the quake was at a depth of 17 km.
- Reuters
The 6.1 quake also injured 29 people and caused buildings to collapse.
At least 34 quakes have been recorded west of Castlepoint in the last seven days.
An Earth scientist says unusual currents may continue around New Zealand, following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia. Audio
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