KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was detected in Luzon, the Philippines, at 8.49 am today.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement today, stated that the earthquake occurred 64 kilometres (km) east of Tuguegarao City, in the Philippines, at a depth of 45km.
However, it posed no tsunami threat to Malaysia.- Bernama
