Malaysia kebarangkalian gempa bumi

Malaysia kebarangkalian gempa bumi

KUALA LUMPUR 15 Dis. 2012 — Terdapat kebarangkalian Malaysia dilanda gempa bumi pada masa hadapan sungguhpun negara ini terletak di luar kawasan Lingkaran Api Pasifik, kata seorang penyelidik hari ini.

Pengarah Pusat Penyelidikan dan Inovasi Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Prof. Dr. Felix Tongkul berkata, berdasarkan kajian, pihaknya mendapati Malaysia berkemungkinan dilanda gempa bumi pada kekuatan sederhana iaitu 6.0 pada skala Richter pada masa hadapan.

"Daripada kajian yang kita lakukan, Malaysia mungkin tidak akan ditimpa gempa bumi berskala kuat, tetapi setakat rekod yang kita ada negara mungkin ditimpa gempa bumi berskala sederhana.

"Gegaran pada tahap itu sudah cukup untuk merosakkan bangunan dan harta benda," katanya kepada Bernama pada akhir Seminar Teknikal Kebangsaan Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami anjuran Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (JMM) di sini.

Dr. Felix berkata, bagaimanapun gempa bumi berkekuatan sederhana itu diramal berlaku di beberapa kawasan tertentu sahaja dan bukan di seluruh negara.

"Seperti yang kita sedia maklum ada beberapa kawasan di negara ini yang sering mengalami gegaran apabila berlaku gempa bumi kuat di negara jiran seperti di kawasan Kundasang, Ranau dan Lahad Datu di Sabah. Kawasan-kawasan ini mungkin berpotensi dilanda gempa bumi sederhana itu," katanya.

Dr. Felix yang juga profesor dalam bidang Geologi di Akademi Sains Malaysia berkata, kajian yang dijalankan oleh ahli geologi juga mendapati kawasan Bukit Tinggi di Pahang turut berpotensi mengalami gempa bumi sederhana.

Sehubungan itu, katanya masyarakat harus sentiasa bersedia dan tidak panik sekiranya berlaku gegaran pada masa akan datang.

Katanya, gempa bumi paling kuat yang direkodkan di Malaysia setakat ini ialah gempa bumi sederhana pada kekuatan 5.8 skala Richter di Lahad Datu, Sabah pada 1976 yang mengakibatkan banyak harta benda rosak serta bangunan retak.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Ramalan) JMM berkata, Malaysia mengalami lapan gegaran akibat 22 gempa bumi kuat di negara jiran sepanjang tahun 2012.

Beliau berkata kedudukan Malaysia yang berjiran dengan negara di zon lingkaran gempa bumi menyebabkan Malaysia turut tidak terkecuali daripada terpalit sama merasai gegaran gempa bumi.

— BERNAMA

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20121216/dn_18/Malaysia-kebarangkalian-gempa-bumi

Tremors in Keningau due to active fault area

05 December 2012 | last updated at 12:23AM

EARTHQUAKE: No imminent danger as shocks are mild, dept to monitor situation

KENINGAU: THE Malaysian Meterological Department yesterday said the Keningau district in the state is located on an active fault area.

This was the reason it registered an earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale on Monday.

A department official explained that the active fault area was a weaker part of earth which had the potential to generate tremors at any time.

"However, the public in Keningau can rest assured that the tremors are mild and not dangerous.

"Our department will continue to monitor and alert people on any signs of an earthquake," he said, adding that the tremors were not the first to occur here.

The official said the worst earthquake which struck the state occurred in 1976 when Lahad Datu registered an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale.

Other fault areas which had been identified in the state are located in Kundasang and Ranau districts, as well as Beluran and Labuk town in Sandakan.

In another development in Labuan, Sabah Meteorological Department director Abdul Malik Tussin confirmed that a waterspout had been spotted south of the island between 7.45am and 8.10am yesterday.

"There was a storm when the waterspout occurred but till now we have not received any distress call," he said.

http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/tremors-in-keningau-due-to-active-fault-area-1.181361

Gempa bumi lemah 3.0 dikesan di Keningau

KOTA KINABALU 3 Dis. 2012 - Gempa bumi bermagnitud 3.0 pada skala Richter dikesan berlaku 11 kilometer dari timur Keningau pada pukul 11.16 pagi tadi.

Menurut kenyataan Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia di sini, pusat gempa bumi terletak 5.3 darjah utara dan 116.3 darjah timur.

Gegaran dilapor dirasai berhampiran pusat gempa.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20121203/dn_27/Gempa-bumi-lemah-30-dikesan-di-Keningau

Gempa bumi lemah berlaku di Kudat

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Okt. 2012 - Satu gempa bumi lemah dengan kekuatan 2.9 pada skala Richter telah berlaku di Kudat, Sabah pada pukul 8.46 malam ini.

Kenyataan Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia berkata, gempa bumi itu berlaku di 22 kilometer dari selatan Kudat dan gegarannya dapat dirasai di sekitar daerah ini. -

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20121021/dn_22/Gempa-bumi-lemah-berlaku-di-Kudat

Tremor rattles Ipoh folk, cause still unknown

Friday, June 08, 2012

POLITEKNIK Ungku Omar staff were shaken when they felt a tremor and what sounded like an explosion yesterday.

Its deputy director, Muhamad Zubir Mohd Hanifah, said he was in a meeting with a few other staff when he felt the tremor.

He said the tremor, which lasted for about a minute, rattled the doors and windows in the room.

“We were stunned and speechless for while. After the situation returned to normal, we thought our staff who were shifting things in the building had dropped something heavy,” he said.

Mohamad Zubir said minutes later, Fire and Rescue Department personnel arrived after a staff contacted them.

“Firemen conducted checks on the buildings where they found nothing amiss and left after 15 minutes,” he said.

Mohamad Zubir said students were on their semester break since the end of last month and there were only about 400 people at the institute yesterday.

It is learned that the tremor was also felt in Gunung Rapat and other places in the Kinta Valley.

A spokesman for the Ipoh fire station said they were unable to confirm the cause of the tremor.

The Meteorological Department ruled out the possibility of an earthquake.

A spokesman said its Ipoh station recorded an unusual wave between 11.10am and 11.20am.

“The characteristic of the wave was abnormal and confined to Ipoh, pointing to a local cause due to an activity in the area,” he told The Malay Mail.

At press time the authorities were still unable to confirm the cause of the tremor.

http://www.mmail.com.my/story/tremor-rattles-ipoh-folk-cause-still-unknown

08 June 2012

Unusual tremor rocks Ipoh

IPOH: A tremor shook several areas in the city yesterday causing panic and confusion among the people.

The tremor started at 11.15am and lasted several minutes.

It could be felt in several parts of the city and its surrounding areas, including Tambun, Gunung Rapat and Pasir Pinji.

Politeknik Ungku Omar deputy director of academic support Mohd Zubir Mohd Hanifah said he was at a meeting when the tremor struck.

"We could feel the vibration for between two and three minutes.

"However, there was no report of damage to property. This is the first time I have felt such an unusual tremor," he said at the polytechnic yesterday.

Zubir said the Fire and Rescue Department, which was informed about the incident, turned up at the polytechnic to investigate, but did not find any problems.

A spokesman for the department confirmed receiving a call from the polytechnic and immediately sent its personnel to conduct checks.

According to an employee of the National Security Council here, the tremor might have been caused by quarry activities. The Meteorological Department spokesman said it did not receive any report of the tremor.

It was also speculated that the tremor could have been caused by an explosion from an army exercise.

Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said police had yet to ascertain the cause of the tremor.

"Until now, we have not received any report from anyone with regard to any explosion which may have caused the tremor."

http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/unusual-tremor-rocks-ipoh-1.92250

Gempa cetus tanda tanya

Gempa cetus tanda tanya

2012/06/09

Punca gegaran belum dikenal pasti, Stesen Meteorologi tak terima laporan

IPOH: Gegaran yang berlaku selama beberapa minit yang menimbulkan panik kepada penduduk sekitar bandar raya ini dan Gunung Rapat pagi kelmarin terus menjadi tanda tanya kerana sehingga kini punca kejadian sebenar masih belum dikenal pasti.

Ketua Polis Daerah Ipoh, Asisten Komisioner Azisman Alias, berkata pihaknya menerima banyak aduan daripada orang ramai mengenai kejadian itu dan masih belum dapat mengenal pasti puncanya.

Beliau berkata, siasatan masih dilakukan termasuk dakwaan beberapa penduduk sekitar Jalan Kampar kemungkinan berpunca daripada penggunaan bahan letupan oleh sebuah syarikat ketika melakukan kerja pembinaan sebuah bangunan di situ.

“Polis masih menyiasat dakwaan penduduk di Jalan Kampar terbabit yang mendakwa rumah mereka turut mengalami kesan keretakan dan gegaran akibat kesan letupan itu.

“Setakat ini, tiada pihak yang tampil mengesahkan punca gegaran itu dan kuari paling hampir ialah di Simpang Pulai tetapi siasatan mendapati tiada aktiviti menggunakan bahan letupan dilakukan pada masa kejadian.

“Polis menerima beberapa laporan termasuk aduan penduduk menerusi telefon mengenai gegaran itu dan saya sudah mengarahkan pegawai dan anggota menyiasat lebih lanjut puncanya,” katanya, di sini, semalam.

Kelmarin, beberapa penduduk di sekitar bandar raya ini dan kawasan Gunung Rapat termasuk di Politeknik Ungku Omar (PUO) panik apabila merasa gegaran luar biasa sehingga mengakibatkan premis masing-masing seakan bergoyang beberapa minit pagi kelmarin.

Dalam kejadian bermula jam 11.15 pagi itu, penduduk termasuk kakitangan dan pelajar PUO merasai gegaran sehingga menyebabkan tingkap pejabat serta perabot dalam premis pejabat bergetar hampir lima minit.

Timbalan Pengarah Sokongan Akademik PUO, Muhammad Zubir Mohd Hanifah, ketika ditemui pemberita kelmarin memberitahu beliau sedang menghadiri mesyuarat bersama sembilan kakitangannya apabila secara tiba-tiba terasa bangunan seperti bergegar menyebabkan tingkap dan meja turut bergetar.

Stesen Meteorologi Ipoh yang dihubungi memaklumkan tidak menerima sebarang laporan membabitkan gempa bumi manakala jurucakap Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) Perak pula berkata, pihaknya ada menerima aduan daripada orang ramai mengenai kejadian itu tetapi tidak dapat mengenal pasti punca kejadian.

http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Gempacetustandatanya/Article

Gegaran misteri di PUO

8 Jun 2012

IPOH – Lebih 400 kakitangan Politeknik Ungku Omar (PUO) gempar apabila merasai gegaran hampir tiga minit, pagi semalam.

Timbalan Pengarah Sokongan Akademik PUO, Muhammad Zubir Mohd Hanifah berkata, sewaktu kejadian beliau sedang menghadiri mesyuarat bersama sembilan kakitangannya yang lain sebelum dikejutkan gegaran itu.

Menurutnya, gegaran itu menyebabkan pintu dan tingkap di sekeliling bilik mesyuarat bergetar sehingga menyebabkan mereka tergamam kerana terkejut dengan insiden tersebut.

“Dalam kejadian jam 11.15 pagi itu, kebanyakan warga kerja politeknik sibuk menjalankan tugas harian dan saya serta sembilan kakitangan lain sedang bermesyuarat.

“Tiba-tiba pintu dan tingkap bergetar selama beberapa minit menyebabkan ada dalam kalangan kakitangan yang panik menelefon talian kecemasan bomba untuk mendapatkan bantuan,” katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.

Muhammad Zubir berkata, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Ipoh tiba di politeknik selepas mendapat panggilan dan membuat pemeriksaan di sekitar kawasan selama 15 minit.

“Bagaimanapun, menurut pegawai bomba yang bertugas mereka tidak menemui sebarang insiden yang menjurus kepada gegaran itu,” katanya.

Sementara itu, jurucakap bomba mengesahkan ada menerima panggilan tersebut dan sudah menjalankan pemeriksaan di PUO dan siasatan mendapati tiada apa-apa yang berlaku di kawasan tersebut.

Selain itu, jurucakap Jabatan Meterologi Perak berkata, pihaknya tiada menerima sebarang laporan berhubung kejadian gempa bumi yang mengaitkan dengan gegaran berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu, jurucakap Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) Perak berkata, mereka ada menerima aduan orang awam berhubung kejadian terbabit.

“Siasatan awal mendapati, gegaran itu berkemungkinan berpunca daripada letupan kuari atau latihan tentera yang sedang dijalankan di kawasan berhampiran.

“Bagaimanapun, siasatan lanjut masih diteruskan bagi mengenalpasti punca gegaran tersebut,” katanya.

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/perak/gegaran-misteri-di-puo-1.54750

Janda Baik, Bukit Tinggi bear brunt of tremors

15 April 2012

JOLTED: Residents in Janda Baik preparing for another series of quakes

BENTONG: AFTER experiencing the most number of tremors between 2007 and 2009, residents of Janda Baik are preparing for another series of small earthquakes after Wednesday's 8.6-magnitude temblor which occurred off Sumatra.

The small town with 720 homes and some 3,700 people were in the limelight when 37 out of 40 of the seismic incidences occurred along a fault line near here were felt by them and those in Bukit Tinggi.

The three other tremors were felt in Jerantut, and Manjung in Perak.

"Although it was only a slight tremor, we were still scared," said Janda Baik village security and development committee chairman Zahari Raof.

Based on the Meteorological Department's records, the tremors were detected at Bukit Tinggi and Janda Baik, along a fault line 15km wide and 70km long, with the strongest one measuring 3.5 in magnitude on the Richter scale.

Zahari said the authorities had met the residents several times after they had expressed concern over the incidents.

The residents were relieved when they were told that any earthquake in that area could not possibly surpass the 5.0 in magnitude despite Bukit Tinggi and Janda Baik being located on the fault line.

Zahari said the residents had previously requested that the government conduct a detailed study on the soil structure along the fault line when they found some damage on the buildings, including cracks on walls and floors in some buildings.

"We hope a similar study will also be done following the recent quake off Sumatra. Although no buildings collapsed, we are still concerned about our safety."

Zahari said Janda Baik and Bukit Tinggi were first hit by tremors in Nov 2007 following a series of earthquakes that occurred in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Although no tremor was reported here since 2009, Malaysia was not spared minor earthquakes with the latest one recording 3.2 on the Richter scale felt in Mersing on March 29 this year.

The Meteorological Department's records also showed that seven tremors were recorded in Sabah last year while another nine in 2010.

In 2009, two tremors were recorded in Sabah and one each in Jerantut and Manjung.

However, the earthquakes were only between 2.4 and 4.3 on the Richter scale.

The department has 17 seismology stations operating in Malaysia, capable of detecting quakes and tremors that occur in the country.

The last major earthquake of 6.2 magnitude, happened in Lahad Datu, Sabah, on July 26, 1976.

http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/janda-baik-bukit-tinggi-bear-brunt-of-tremors-1.74047

Gempa bumi lemah landa Mersing

Gempa bumi lemah landa Mersing
30/03/2012 2:50am

KUALA LUMPUR — Satu gempa bumi berukuran 3.2 pada skala Richter melanda Mersing, Johor pada pukul 9.43 malam tadi.

Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia dalam kenyataan di sini berkata gempa itu berpusat di 16km timur laut dari Mersing.

Gegaran kecil mungkin dirasai di sekitar kawasan itu, kata kenyataan itu. — BERNAMA

http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2012&dt=0330&pub=Kosmo&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_01.htm