JAKARTA, Dec. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- A woman was killed after an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian easternmost province of Papua on Friday, reported the official Antara news agency.

    Maria Tampubolon, 50, who suffers from stroke, fell from her chair when the quake hit the area and died en route to the hospital.

    The tremor occurred at around 07:00 a.m. local time (22:00 GMT Thursday) at Nabire regency, where a 6.8 magnitude quake on Nov. 26 and smaller aftershocks in the aftermath have killed 33 residents.

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