KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - There are forty four seismic
stations to detect earthquake tremors nationwide including eight in Sabah.
Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general Datuk
Che Gayah Ismail said 20 more new seismic stations including seven 
in Sabah
would be set up throughout the country by year end.
"Currently, Sabah has two strong motion seismic stations in Ranau and Lembah Danum while six weak motion seismic stations are located in Sandakan, Kudat, Kota Kinabalu, Sepulut, Tawau and Lahad Datu," she told Bernama here.
in Sabah
would be set up throughout the country by year end. "Currently, Sabah has two strong motion seismic stations in Ranau and Lembah Danum while six weak motion seismic stations are located in Sandakan, Kudat, Kota Kinabalu, Sepulut, Tawau and Lahad Datu," she told Bernama here.
Among the new seismic stations to be set up in Sabah, four
strong motion seismic stations will be located in Keningau, Sandakan, Kota
Belud and Kota Kinabalu while three weak motion seismic stations will be in
Ranau, Semporna and Lembah Danum.
Meanwhile, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) geologist
Associate Prof Dr Tajul Anuar Jamaluddin said terrestrial seismic stations
could detect and 
measure the magnitude of any earthquake tremors in a certain
area.
measure the magnitude of any earthquake tremors in a certain
area.
On Friday, a moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter
scale in Ranau which had its epicentre 16 km northwest of the town was felt in
many places in the state including Tambunan, Tuaran, Kota Kinabalu and Kota
Belud.
Tajul Anuar said the seismic stations could also detect the
epicentre of an earthquake from the wave speeds detected by at least three
seismic stations.
However, he said at the moment there was no equipment or
system in the world which could forecast the occurrence of an earthquake.
-- BERNAMA
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