An overview of earthquake science in Malaysia

• Main Author: Felix Tongkul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Akademi Sains Malaysia 2021
• Subjects: QE500-639.5 Dynamic and structural geology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32596/1/An%20overview%20of%20earthquake%20science%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32596/2/An%20overview%20of%20earthquake%20science%20in%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32596/; https://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj/article/an-overview-of-earthquake-science-in-malaysia/; https://doi.org/10.32802/asmscj.2020.440
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

This paper highlights the level of earthquake hazard in Malaysia, the challenges in mitigating earthquake hazard and the way forward on how to strengthen earthquake science in Malaysia. Earthquake hazard is regarded as low throughout Malaysia, with the exception of Sabah where it is considered moder...