5.8-Magnitude earthquake strikes North Sumatra — MetMalaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale was detected in North Sumatra, Indonesia at 7.37am today.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement today, said the earthquake was centred at coordinates 4.6 degrees north and 96.3 degrees east, at a depth of 30 kilometres (km), about 59 km northeast of Meulaboh, Indonesia.
"The tremors may be felt in the western states of Peninsular Malaysia," it said.
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