Jayapura, Oct. 10 -- The Regional Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BBMKG) Region V Jayapura has urged residents in Supiori District, Papua, to remain vigilant following a 7.6-magnitude tectonic earthquake that could potentially trigger a tsunami on Friday (October 10).

Head of the Jayapura Geophysical Station, Herlambang Hudha, said the tsunami waves were expected to reach northern Papua, including Supiori, at around 12:26 p.m. Eastern Indonesia Time (WIT).

The earthquake occurred at 08:43 a.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB), with the epicenter located at 7.34 degrees North Latitude and 126.87 degrees East Longitude, approximately 287 kilometers northwest of Karatung Island, North Sulawesi, at a depth of 56 kilometers....