Minahassa Peninsula: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Minahassa Peninsula area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, at 6.57 am today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) stated that the earthquake occurred at coordinates 0.1 degrees south and 123.8 degrees east. The tremor was located approximately 103 kilometres southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia, at a depth of 79 kilometres.

Initial assessments by MetMalaysia indicated that the earthquake did not pose any tsunami threat to Malaysia.