KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck southern Sumatra, Indonesia, at 8.22 this morning.
In a statement today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) advised that the tremor was centred at coordinates 5.6° South and 102.2° East, at a depth of 70 kilometres.
The epicentre was located approximately 199 kilometres south of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
However, there is no tsunami threat to Malaysia.
— BERNAMA
