KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was detected in southern Sumatra, Indonesia at 2.02 pm today.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a Facebook post, said the earthquake was centred at coordinates 0.8 degrees south and 98.3 degrees east, at a depth of 44 kilometres (km), 102 km northwest of Siberut, Indonesia.
However, there was no tsunami threat to Malaysia.
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