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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the Caribbean at 3.10 am today (Malaysian time), reported Bernama.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres some 1,989 kilometre southeast of Houston, in the United States.
However, it did not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia.
Meanwhile, it was reported that the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre initially warned there was a threat of tsunami waves reaching 0.3m to 1m above tide level for the coasts of Jamaica, Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico and the Cayman Islands. But it lifted the alert update about two hours later.
