The ministry said the effects of earthquakes that occur in Sumatera, Indonesia and the movement of tectonic plates of the Indian-Australian Plate can result in the activation of ancient faults in Peninsular Malaysia and cause earthquakes.
According to the ministry, strong tremors centred in Malaysia at magnitude 6 to 6.3 had hit Sabah in 1923, 1958, 1976 and 2015, while the strongest earthquake in Sarawak measuring 5.3 in magnitude occurred 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 tectonic movements of the Philippines Plate and Eurasian Plate and also by the active movement of local faults.
"It, among others, focuses on earthquake-resistant building design that needs to be applied and become a reference for building construction in Malaysia by characterising the danger zones of seismic disasters based on Peak Ground Acceleration .
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