A weak earthquake has occurred with magnitude 4.9 on Richter scale in Molucca Passage at 10.53pm on 16 March 2010. The earthquake epicentre is located at 2.3 North latitude and 127.2 East longitude, 1024km Southeast of Kunak, 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.