Meteorology

A powerful 6.7 magnitude quake struck southwest of Indonesia's Java island on Friday afternoon, the country's meteorology agency (BMKG) said.

Beach towns Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Vietnam's main coffee growing province, Dak Lak were hardest hit.

Indonesia's meteorology agency warns that the conditions were set to continue for the next week.

Emergency services had rescued four people, including some from cars trapped on flooded roads, and received about 700 calls for help.

The fires have razed nearly half of the island, which is a world heritage listed for its tropical rain forests and sand dunes.

The Malaysian Meteorology Department (MetMalaysia) has forecasted no major flood occurrences in Kelantan or other states this year.

The undersea tremor struck at a depth of more than 600 kilometres about 220 kilometres south of Katabu on the island of Sulawesi.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, with strong tremors felt in the area though seismology.

The quake measured a magnitude of 7.3, while an Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at 6.5 with the epicenter in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region.

Indonesia''s meteorology and geophysics agency terminated a warning for tsunami in the province of North Sulawesi in central parts of the country after a 6.8-magnitude quake, an official of the agency

The Meteorology Department, in a statement, said the epicentre of the quake was at 102km south-east of Davao, in the Philippines, and 913km north-east of Semporna, Sabah.

Unusual-looking clouds, which appeared like rolling waves were seen in Langkap, some 18 kilometres from Teluk Intan, here this morning.

The Meteorology Department says such a condition is dangerous to small boats, sea recreational activities and sea sports.

A weak earthquake of 2.3 on the Richter scale was detected in Ranau, Sabah, at 5.18 am today.

Although it has been over a decade since the 2004 tsunami struck, Langkawi and Kota Kuala Muda in Kedah are still at risk of being hit, the Kedah Meteorology Department says.

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