Moderate Quake Strikes Banda Sea, Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- A moderate quake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck Banda Sea, Indonesia, at 2.20 pm Friday. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the quake occurred about 451 kilometres south of Ambon, Indonesia, at a depth of 118 km. However, it posed no tsunami threat to Malaysia. -- BERNAMA