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Mild earthquake in Beluran, no threat of Tsunami - MET Malaysia

20 Apr 2023 11:04am
picture for illustrative purposes - FILEPIC
picture for illustrative purposes - FILEPIC
KUALA LUMPUR - A mild earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was detected in the sea off Beluran, Sabah at 9.07 am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MET Malaysia), in a statement, said the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (km) at coordinate 6.6 degrees north and 117.4 degrees east.

"The quake was 37 km southeast of Pitas, Sabah and 365 km north of Tarakan, Indonesia,” it said.

However, there was no threat of tsunami to Malaysia - BERNAMA

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