KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the Philippine Islands region at 1.45 pm yesterday.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement said the earthquake, with a depth of 10 kilometres (km), occurred 190 km north of Laoag City, Philippines.
However, MetMalaysia said there was no tsunami threat to Malaysia.
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