KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Volcano Islands, Japan region, at 11.55 am today.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said in a statement that the earthquake was centred at coordinates 23.0 degrees north and 144.3 degrees east, with a depth of 81 kilometres (km).
The earthquake occurred 1,442 km south of Yokosuka, Japan.
MetMalaysia confirmed that there is no tsunami threat to Malaysia following the earthquake.
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