KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on Richter scale hit Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at 11.30 pm last night.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said that the quake’s epicentre was 35km northeast of Simeulue, Indonesia and 509km southwest of Lumut, Perak.
However, no tsunami threat was reported, it said. — BERNAMA