Moderate Earthquake Hits Southern Sumba, Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck southern Sumba, Indonesia, at 10.28 am today.
In a statement, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said the quake occurred at a depth of 11 kilometres (km) and was located 315 km south of Bima, Indonesia.
However, there is no tsunami threat to Malaysia.
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