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Deaths attributed to the tsunami in Penang, Langkawi and Kedah. [6] Mildly felt and no damage. Twenty three earthquakes ranging from M w 1.7 to 3.7. Strike-slip earthquakes along reactivated portions of the 120 km (75 mi)-long Bukit Tinggi Fault.
A landslide occurred in the early hours of 16 December 2022 near the Malaysian town of Batang Kali, Selangor, displacing 450,000 m 3 (16 million cu ft) of soil and burying campsites at an organic farm. The accident trapped 92 people under the collapsed slope; most were campers from the farm. 31 people were killed and 61 were rescued, with 8 ...
130 (As of 1 April 2016) [3] Casualties. 18 deaths. 11 wounded. The 2015 Sabah earthquake ( Malay: Gempa Bumi Sabah 2015) struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia with a moment magnitude of 6.0 on 5 June, [1] which lasted for 30 seconds. [4] The earthquake was the strongest to affect Malaysia since the 1976 Sabah earthquake.
Shallow inland earthquakes in Java are infrequent but deadly. In 1924, near Wonosobo, about 800 people died from two earthquakes. Four other earthquakes in the 20th century caused between 10 and 100 deaths. The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake was a shallow crustal earthquake that left 5,749 people dead. Geology
Updated April 4, 2024 at 3:27 AM. The powerful earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday shook an island that was well prepared for a seismic catastrophe — likely more so than some regions of the U.S ...
6.0–6.9. 1,320. 5.0–5.9. 81,848. ← 2001–2010. 2021–2030 →. The following is a list of significant earthquakes for the period 2011–2020, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included. For lists of earthquakes by country, which may include smaller and ...
Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a volcano ...
Second earthquake rocks Kahramanmaras region after country records highest magnitude earthquake since 1939, reducing buildings near Gaziantep to rubble – with families crushed in their sleep