Malaysia may sit outside the Pacific Ring of Fire, but it is not immune to earthquakes.
Two earthquakes rattled Johor yesterday morning, 24 Augustthe first quake with a magnitude of 4.1 struck at 6.13am about 5km from Segamat.Tremors were felt across Johor , Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, and southern Pahang, and the quakes were also detected by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency.Well, we need to look at how earthquakes normally happen., which runs through Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan.
Malaysia, however, sits on a tectonic plate outside the Ring of Fire, which is why the area is considered low-risk for major earthquakes.— cracks or fractures in the Earth's crust where stress gradually builds up. When the accumulated stress along these lines is suddenly released, the ground shifts and an earthquake occurs. In Peninsular Malaysia, these localised intraplate earthquakes have been recorded along several fault lines, including in theAccording to the department, both earthquakes were weak and posed no tsunami threat.
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