Moderate earthquake hits Sumbawa region in Indonesia *new!

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KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on Richter scale hit the Sumbawa Region in Indonesia at 8.16am today.

The Malaysian Meterological Department said that the epicentre of the quake was located at 80km northeast of Mataram and 1,153 southeast of Sarikei in Sarawak.

It did not pose any tsunami threat, the department said in a statement here. –Bernama