Jakarta: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 was detected in southern Sumatra, Indonesia at 2.02 pm today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a Facebook post, said the earthquake was centred at coordinates 0.8 degrees south and 98.3 degrees east, at a depth of 44 kilometres (km), 102 km northwest of Siberut, Indonesia.

However, there was no tsunami threat to Malaysia.