<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least four people were killed Thursday when an earthquake struck the capital of Indonesia's breakaway eastern region of Papua and crumpled a waterfront restaurant, officials said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 5.1-magnitude quake hit around 1.28 pm (0628 GMT) on land just southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 22 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.</div><div><br></div><div>"A cafe collapsed and four people died there. It fell into the sea," Asep Khalid, head of the Jayapura disaster mitigation agency, said in a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>Residents in Jayapura said people scrambled for safety, running from houses and shops when the quake struck.</div><div><br></div><div>Putri Kurita, 30, bolted for the exit at another restaurant fearing it would collapse.</div><div><br></div><div>"I was having lunch when things suddenly swayed, the jolt got much stronger," she told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>The country's meteorological agency gave a higher magnitude of 5.2 and warned of potential aftershocks.</div><div><br></div><div>Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide.</div><div><br></div><div>The region affected by Thursday's quake is home to a decades-long insurgency waged by rebels seeking independence from Indonesia. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>