KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, occurred at 8.34am, Saturday in Japan’s Kuril Islands, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported.
The epicentre of the quake was 439km northeast of Asahikawa, Japan, and 5,154km northeast of Kudat, Sabah, the department said in a statement.
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