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Moderate quake detected off Luzon island

Moderate quake detected off Luzon island

KUALA LUMPUR: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was detected off the island of Luzon in the Philippines at 4.17 am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement here said its epicentre was 249km southeast of Kaohsiung, Taiwan and occurred at a depth of 10km.

There is no tsunami threat to Malaysia, it added.


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