KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck the Tanimbar Islands region in Indonesia this morning.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department confirmed the earthquake occurred at a depth of 118 kilometres.
The seismic event was located 511 kilometres southeast of Ambon, Indonesia.
MetMalaysia has confirmed there is no tsunami threat to Malaysia following the earthquake.
– Bernama
