Moderate earthquake in Halmahera
Bernama
February 24, 2016 11:48 MYT
February 24, 2016 11:48 MYT
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.