Moderate Quake Hits Indonesia's Banda Sea

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) -- An earthquake of 5.5-magnitude on the Richter scale occurred in Indonesia's Banda Sea at 10.54pm Monday night. The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement said the epicentre of the quake was 448km southeast of Ambon, Indonesia and 1,786km southeast of Semporna, Sabah. Sabah is an East Malaysia state The quake did not pose any tsunami threat. -- BERNAMA