An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua Thursday, but no report of damages and casualties.

"The low-scale tremor lasted for about three seconds," meteorology and geophysics agency official Dr Fauzi was quoted by the official Antara news agency as saying.

The quake occurred at 11:00 a.m. local time (02:00 GMT) but the location of its epicenter could not be detected, he said.