<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale hit near Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on Monday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The quake occurred at around 8.59 am today with the epicentre at 566 km SW of Kuala Lumpur and the depth at 10 Km. The latitude was found to be -0.97 whereas the longitude was 98.68.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, on Tuesday, an earthquake hit the waters off the southwestern coast of Sumatra island at around 9:30 pm, nearest to Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung provinces.</div><div><br></div><div>The epicentre of the quake was in the sea about 64 kilometres from shore, ANI reported.</div><div><br></div><div>However, no casualties or damages were immediately reported by authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>