Jakarta  - A series of powerful earthquakes rattled the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens of others, officials said.

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

An aftershock measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre on land about 76 kilometres north-west of Manokwari, struck about two hours later but triggered no tsunami, the agency said.

The US Geological Survey put the initial quake at 7.6 Richter scale and the strongest aftershock at 7.5 on the Richter scale.

Jakarta  - A series of earthquakes rattled the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua on Sunday morning, killing at least one and injuring 26 others, officials said.

An official at Manokwari's general hospital confirmed that one body and 26 injured persons had been sent to the hospital.

The powerful 7.2-magnitude quake struck off the West Papua province at 4:43 am (1943 GMT Saturday). A 7.6-magnitude aftershock rattled the provincial capital town and nearby regions two hours after the initial quake.

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.

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 35 kilometres, struck at 4:43 am (1943 GMT Saturday), about 150 kilometres north-west of Manokwari, the provincial capital of West Papua, the BMG said.

The US Geological Survey put the quake at 7.6 on the Richter scale.

Jakarta  - A powerful 7.6-magnitude aftershock struck at sea Sunday morning off Indonesia's West Papua province, following a 7.2 magnitude initial earthquake, seismologists said.

Jakarta/Washington  - An underwater earthquake early Sunday off the coast of eastern Indonesia registered a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale, the US Geological Survey reported.