2023
THE public has no reason to worry about earthquakes in Peninsular Malaysia as it is located on a stable tectonic plate.
Selangor Mineral and Geoscience Department (JMG) director Rusli Tuan Mohamed, in responding to StarMetro’s report on Sept 4 titled ‘Shoring up construction standards in Malaysia’ said the tectonic plate was located on Sundaland, part of a continental shelf which has existed since the ice age.

2015
KUALA LUMPUR: Following the quake tragedy in Sabah, there have been concerns that an earthquake may also hit Kuala Lumpur and according to a geological expert, such misgivings are not misplaced.
This is because the federal capital is located near the epicentres of ancient fault line zones, Universiti Malaya Geology Department associate professor Mustaffa Kamal Shuib told The Malaysian Insider.
These fault lines seem to have been reactivated by active tectonic plate boundaries and this, he said, was a cause for concern, especially since many structures in the city were not built and designed to withstand earthquakes.
“The general perception has always been that Peninsular Malaysia was safe because we are far from the Pacific Ring of Fire which surrounds us, but in recent years, there is evidence of earthquakes with focal points or epicentres right under our feet, due to the reactivation of old fault lines,” said Mustaffa.
Asked what the triggers are for the reactivation of fault lines, Mustaffa said Malaysia is surrounded by so many active tectonic plate boundaries and the Sunda Shelf, which the country sits on, is being compressed.
Peninsular Malaysia is at the centre of the shelf, also known as Sundaland, which is absorbing all the stress from around it.
“Sooner or later, the earth has to find some release by breaking through old fault line systems,” said Mustaffa whose field of research is structural geology and tectonics.
Mustaffa said he and his team first detected epicentres in 2007 and 2009 in Bukit Tinggi, near Genting Highlands, in Pahang, but some of these occurred to the west, near the KL fault zone.
The quakes were not strong but it is hard to say if they will increase in magnitude in future, he said.
“The strongest one we have detected so far is a magnitude of 3.5 in Bukit Tinggi


Nak percaya mana satu
Pray for the best je
Kekwa

Soon

Just migrate problem solved

lol no need. it is just people talking cock (not ts). if no cock news, no ppl will visit their website.

Malaysia
seems like
it's the safest place......this side of earth
protected left right centre
syukur

Sabah as most vulnerable to earthquakes despite location outside Pacific Ring of Fire
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...-of-fire/171382

Stay on landed hse is 1 thing then have high rise buildings nearby also dangerous

landed > condo

Gempa bumi hingga 6.5 skala Richter boleh berlaku di Sabah - Pakar

khususnya di daerah Ranau dan Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Pakar geologi Sabah, Prof Dr Felix Tongkul berkata, tidak seperti Myanmar yang berdepan gempa bumi bermagnitud 7.7 skala Richter, Jumaat lalu, Malaysia tidak mungkin berdepan ancaman sebesar itu.

Katanya, gempa bumi melebihi 7.0 skala Richter tidak mungkin berlaku di Malaysia kerana negara ini tidak mempunyai sesar aktif yang panjang seperti Sesar Aktif Sagaing di Myanmar.

https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2025/03/...-di-sabah-pakar

Oh yeah it is coming. Look how close the recent one was.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

The grass:

Look at Bangkok
It is thousand km away from Sagaing epicentre
Some say effect from some nearby suture
Some say due to soft ground amplified
Dunno which one
But look at Kuala Lumpur..
No comment

meanwhile sabah is safe as long as naked canadians are not there

bangkok is near one of the known plate. have u done any google search before posting

Sure there are few suture nearby
But look at thai comments la

theres only 1 plate near bangcock.

show the comments and why u want fear monger people?

Buy da dip!!!

Migrate where you can be sure it's less risk than "no significant risk"?

Refer post #6: "Earthquakes are unpredictable in both location and magnitude. The risk exists - for instance, Bukit Tinggi once experienced a 3.8-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale. However, at present, there is no significant earthquake risk in Peninsular Malaysia"

This post has been edited by Natsukashii: Apr 1 2025, 11:33 AM

Distance is just one of the many factors. Maybe west Msia still protected by the sea/selat Melaka when shit happens even just 200km away.

That arrrow points to that collapsed building .