Moderate Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, struck the northern Molucca Sea in Indonesia at 3.12 am today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said. It said in a statement that the earthquake's epicentre was 134km northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, and 941km southeast of Semporna, Sabah. The quake did not pose any threat of a tsunami, it added. -- BERNAMA