STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS VANUATU

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu
Islands at 5.44am Monday, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said.

The quake's epicentre was 1,036km southwest of Suva Fiji and 6,091km
southeast of Tawau, Sabah.

The earthquake did not pose any tsunami threat to Malaysia, it said.

-- BERNAMA