Several buildings collapse in 7.1-magnitude quake in Papua
10:27, 16 June 2010
JAKARTA. June 16. KAZINFORM Several buildings collapsed in Biak of Papua in the easternmost of Indonesia on Wednesday after a 7.1-magnitude quake rocked the area, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"We got reports from the meteorology office in Biak that several buildings have collapsed,"Jerry Purba, an official of the agency told Xinhua.
The metro television reported that several buildings cracked. But they did not say if there are casualties, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com