Moderate Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck the southern Molucca Sea in Indonesia at 3.06 pm on Friday, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said. It said in a statement that the earthquake's epicentre was 186km southwest of Tidore, Indonesia, and 1,104km southwest of Semporna, Sabah (east Malaysia). The quake did not pose any threat of a tsunami, it added. -- BERNAMA