Strong Earthquake Hits Mindanao, Phillipines

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale shook parts of Mindanao, Philippines at 9.11 am Thursday morning. MetMalaysia in a statement said that the quake struck about 20 kilometres west of Digos with the depth of 10 kilometres. Meanwhile, MetMalaysia also reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale on the north of the Mollucan Sea, at 1.29 am, Thursday. The quake struck 128 kilometres of northwest Ternate, Indonesia at a depth of 10 kilometres. Both quakes however present no tsunami threats to Malaysia. -- BERNAMA