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    20 August 2012| last updated at 08:47PM

    Moderate quake hits Northern Sumatera



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    KUALA LUMPUR: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded off the West Coast of Northern Sumatera at 7.18pm today.

     

    The Malaysian Meteorological Department said in a statement that the earthquake's epicentre was 288km northwest of Simeulue, Indonesia and 799km southwest of Balik Pulau, Penang. 
     
    The earthquake posed no tsunami threat. -- BERNAMA
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