No threat of tsunami to Malaysia following strong earthquake in Banda Sea

29 Mar 2026, 4:04 AM
No threat of tsunami to Malaysia following strong earthquake in Banda Sea

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — There is no tsunami threat to Malaysia following a strong earthquake that struck Banda Sea, Indonesia, early this morning.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department's director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said the strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at 2.38am.

The epicentre of the earthquake was located at coordinates 7.9 degrees south and 127.8 degrees east at a depth of 173km.

“The area is 467 km from Ambon, Indonesia,” he said in a statement today.

What do you think?

Latest
MidRec
Media Selangor
About Us

Media Selangor Sdn Bhd (MSSB), a subsidiary of Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated (MBI), is the official media agency of the Selangor State Government. In addition to the Media Selangor news portal (formerly known as Selangorkini & Selangor Journal), Media Selangor also publishes newspapers in Mandarin, Tamil, and English.