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Moderate earthquake in Halmahera

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Bernama 24/02/2016 | 03:48 MYT
Moderate earthquake in Halmahera
Halmahera is located some 35k northeast of Ternate in Indonesia.
A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale was detected in Halmahera, 35km northeast of Ternate, Indonesia at 4.52am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department in its website said the quake occurred 1065km southeast of Semporna, Sabah.

It said there is no threat of a tsunami.



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