KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate category 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the north of Molucca Sea, near North Sulawesi at 8.21pm on Sunday (Dec 21).
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the earthquake occurred at 1.5 degrees North and 126.4 darjah East at a depth of 10km, about 131km east of Bitung, Indonesia, the department said in a statement on the same day.
There is no threat of tsunami hitting Malaysia due to the earthquake, it added. - Bernama
