Seismic Hazard Map currently being updated
Six more states – Pahang, Terengganu, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah and Sarawak – have been identified as areas at risk of earthquakes, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Huang Tiong Sii said studies conducted by the mineral and geoscience department (JMG), through active fault mapping and the Malaysian seismotectonic map, found fault zones in these states vulnerable to seismic activity.
“The Johor earthquakes in Segamat and Batu Pahat were part of a natural process of releasing accumulated tectonic energy within ancient fault lines.
“This was influenced by the extension of the Mersing Fault Zone, a major fault system in east Johor.
“Based on current and updated data, Segamat, and Johor as a whole, remains within a safe zone,” Bernama reported…
