Powerful Earthquake Strikes Indonesia's Papua

Jakarta  - A powerful 7.

2-magnitude quake struck at sea early Sunday off Indonesia's West Papua province, sending residents running out of their homes and other buildings, seismologists and authorities said.

A tsunami alert was issued by the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) but was later canceled after no waves materialized.

The quake, which hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, struck at 4:43 am (1943 GMT Saturday), about 135 kilometres north-west of Manokwari, the provincial capital of West Papua, the BMG said.