A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia.

The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) said a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck on Monday 69 kilometers southwest of Kiroma, Papua province.

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“The epicenter was on land 69 kilometers southwest of Kiroma, Papua… The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck at a depth of 33 kilometers,” BMKG said.

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The agency also advised the public to remain vigilant for potential aftershocks and aftershocks.

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Indonesia often suffers from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location on the “Ring of Fire”. This is a strip of volcanoes and tectonic faults 40 thousand kilometers long, which encircles the Pacific Ocean. It is in the “Ring of Fire” that almost 90% of the approximately one and a half thousand known volcanoes of the planet are located. 90% of all earthquakes on Earth occur there.