Moderate Earthquake Hits Southern Sumatra, No Tsunami Threat

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (Bernama) -- 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