KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — An earthquake with a 3.0-magnitude on the Richter scale hit the Kunak waters in Sabah at 11.48pm yesterday.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department said in a statement yesterday that the earthquake at a depth of 10km was reported to have occurred 26km east of Kunak, Sabah.

The quake did not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia. — Bernama