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Strong 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Malaysia's Borneo
PUBLISHED ON JUN 5, 2015 8:17 AM *460*272*0*0
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Climbers at the peak of Mount Kinabalu. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF BOMBA MALAYSIA/ THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK*
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the district of Sabah on Malaysia's Borneo island early on Friday, US geologists said, but there were no initial reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 10km, with its epicentre located 19km from the town of Ranau and 54km from Kota Kinabalu in the district of Sabah.
Apart from the state capital, the tremors were felt in the northern Kudat and Kota Marudu districts, and as far away as Beaufort in the south.
The tremors shook buildings and rattled windows prompting people to run out from their houses, shops, and even at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport terminal.
Immediate damages caused by the earthquake could not be immediately ascertained.
Malaysia does experience earthquakes but is outside the Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean that includes neighbours Indonesia and the Philippines.
#Sabah #earthquake pic.twitter.com/S4wAKMFHiT
— Adrian Ng (@AdrianNCF) June 5, 2015
Strong 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Malaysia's Borneo
PUBLISHED ON JUN 5, 2015 8:17 AM *460*272*0*0
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Climbers at the peak of Mount Kinabalu. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF BOMBA MALAYSIA/ THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK*
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the district of Sabah on Malaysia's Borneo island early on Friday, US geologists said, but there were no initial reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 10km, with its epicentre located 19km from the town of Ranau and 54km from Kota Kinabalu in the district of Sabah.
Apart from the state capital, the tremors were felt in the northern Kudat and Kota Marudu districts, and as far away as Beaufort in the south.
The tremors shook buildings and rattled windows prompting people to run out from their houses, shops, and even at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport terminal.
Immediate damages caused by the earthquake could not be immediately ascertained.
Malaysia does experience earthquakes but is outside the Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean that includes neighbours Indonesia and the Philippines.
#Sabah #earthquake pic.twitter.com/S4wAKMFHiT
— Adrian Ng (@AdrianNCF) June 5, 2015
