Incheon:Kuala Lumpur A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 was detected off the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia, this morning.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) announced in a Facebook post that the earthquake does not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia.

The earthquake occurred at coordinates 3.2 degrees north and 92.7 degrees east, approximately 364 kilometres west of Simeulue, Indonesia. MetMalaysia reported that the earthquake took place at a depth of 70 kilometres.