KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake with 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked the Solomon Islands at 6.30pm today.
The Meteorological Department said the epicentre was 80km south-west of Arawa, Papua New Guinea and 4,215km south-east of Semporna, Sabah.
The earthquake does not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia, the department said in a statement today.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/10/17/strong-earthquake-rocks-solomon-islands/#ixzz2hzFLNKmW
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