Earthquake 756KM Off Tawau

A reader of mine pointed me to this news, of a an earthquake 756KM off the coast of Tawau, Sabah. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the earthquake happened at 8:35PM local time, at cordinates 0.9 North 124.0 East, which is Minahassa Peninsular, which is 111km SW of Manado. 756km SE of Tawau. The magnitude of the earthquake is 5.2 on the Richter scale.

According to him, a tsunami warning has been issued at the same time.

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This entry was posted 1 year, 7 months ago on Sunday, January 21st, 2007 at 8:50 pm and is filed under Community.


3 Responses to “Earthquake 756KM Off Tawau”

walski69 January 21st, 2007 at 11:06 pm

The information from the Malaysian Meteorological Dept is a little misleading, as the initial earthquake was reported at around 7:28 Malaysian Time by the USGS (US Geological Survey), measuring around 7.3 on the Richter scale.

In any case, there doesn’t seem to be any risk of a massive Tsunami like the one in December 2004. However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has indicated that smaller localized tsunamis may occur in the surrounding coast line.

sr215 January 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 am

A friend of mine from Tawau called me this morning. There’s not much happenning there, only peoples moving
out from their house and gathered at the field and other flatground as well.

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