A moderate earthquake has occurred with magnitude 5.0 on Richter scale in Minahassa Peninsula at 5.21am on 8 February 2010. The earthquake epicentre is located at 0.1 South latitude and 123.5 East longitude, 775 km Southeast of Tawau, Sabah.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department had received goodwill visit by the delegates of Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Arab Republic of Egypt on 16-20 January 2010 recently.
Y.Bhg Dato' Madinah Mohamad, Secretary-General of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation had officiated the Executive Talk-Global Warming:Climate Change Adaptation program which was held at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) on 22 December 2009.