Moderate Earthquake Rocks Southern Sumatera

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 (Bernama) – An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked southern Sumatera in Indonesia early Saturday. The quake occurred at 3.05 am 116 km west of Bengkulu at a depth of 53 km, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. It said in a statement that the quake did not pose any threat of a tsunami for Malaysia. -- BERNAMA