Moderate Earthquake Hits West Irian
2009/11/26
KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred in West Irian at 7.33 tonight.
In a statement, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said the earthquake's epicentre was 868km east of Ambon, Indonesia and 2,161km southeast of Kunak, Sabah. However, the earthquake did not pose any tsunami threat. -- BERNAMA