Victim Mount Kinabalu Earthquake
The majestic view of the mount kinabalu in kundasang which is about 24 km from ranau sabah was spoilt by an earthquake on june 05 2015 at 7 15am with a magnitude 6 0 on the richter scale.
Victim mount kinabalu earthquake. The indigenous community believes that the magnitude 5 9 temblor was triggered by the insolence. Malaysian authorities believe there are as many as 19. Singaporean and sabahan families gathered at kinabalu national park to climb mount kinabalu on saturday morning to commemorate the victims who perished during the sabah apos s earthquake. Tremors were also felt in tambunan tuaran kota kinabalu inanam kota belud kota marudu kudat likas penampang putatan kinarut papar beaufort.
On the friday morning of june 5 rocks cascaded down mount kinabalu with a thunderous rumble as a rare 6 0 magnitude earthquake stuck sabah. The earthquake was the strongest to affect malaysia since the 1976 sabah earthquake. By ilona andrew kota kinabalu. Gempa bumi sabah 2015 struck ranau sabah malaysia with a moment magnitude of 6 0 on 5 june which lasted for 30 seconds.
The group will return on monday. The second victim a woman was brought down at 8 45pm. Two bodies who are victims of the earthquake this morning was brought down from the mount kinabalu at about 8 25pm. It has been five years since an earthquake struck sabah and its most precious gem mount kinabalu which claimed the lives of 18 people four of them mountain guides.
The quake has resulted in numerous landslides at the top of the mountain and over mountaineering routes to mount kinabalu.