5.5-magnitude Quake Hits Maluku Sea, Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the northern Maluku Sea, Indonesia, at 8.22 am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement, said that the quake, with a depth of 10 kilometres, occurred about 120 km northwest of Ternate, Indonesia.

However, there is no tsunami threat to Malaysia.

-- BERNAMA