Low risk of earthquakes in Malaysia, says ministry
The Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry says Sabah has been hit by tremors as high as 6.3 on the Richter scale, including the deadly quake of 2015. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 17, 2023.
In a statement, the ministry said the effects of earthquakes in Sumatra and the movement of the Indian-Australian tectonic plate can result in the activation of ancient faults along the length of Peninsular Malaysia, which can cause earthquakes. According to the ministry, strong tremors of magnitude 6-6.3 hit Sabah in 1923, 1958, 1976 and 2015, while the strongest earthquake in Sarawak measured 5.3 in 1994.
For Sabah and Sarawak, the occurrence of earthquakes is caused by the activation of ancient fault lines due to the collision of the Philippines and Eurasian plates, and also by the active movement of local faults.
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