No tsunami threat to Malaysia after 2 quakes


A member of a monitoring team looking at data for earthquakes and tsunamis at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Quezon City, in the Philippines recently. A moderate earthquake hit Mindanao in the Philippines at 4.03am today. – EPA pic, January 16, 2019.

A STRONG earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Vanuatu Islands at 2.06am today.

The Malaysian Meteorology Department said in a statement the epicentre of the quake was 13.3° south and 166.7° east and 304km from Lata in the Solomon Islands.


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  • What la , only 7 and above quakes can cause tsunamis , get your facts right Bernama

    Posted 5 years ago by Chai Hin Goh