KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — Malaysia is not completely free from the risk of earthquakes, said the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry .
“The magnitude of earthquakes can reach up to 6 depending on the size of the ancient fault lines that are activated,” it said in a statement today. In the Peninsula, there were also several earthquake tremors with a local epicentre in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang; Kenyir Dam, Terengganu; Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Manjung and Temenggor in Perak with a magnitude range of between 1.6 and 4.6 in 1984, 1985, 1987, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2013.
One of the mitigation measures aimed at reducing the risk of destruction due to tremors, the NRECC, through the Department of Minerals and Geoscience , published the Seismic Hazard Map of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak in 2019.
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