Mount
Kinabalu (Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad)
Srikandi - Jatuhan
batuan di Gunung Kinabalu Malaysia, disebabkan oleh gempa bumi 6.0 pada skala
Richter di Pulau Borneo, telah meninggalkan lebih daripada 160 orang terdampar
di puncak, dengan beberapa cedera, menurut pegawai. 40 orang telah dilaporkan
hilang.
Kira-kira
120 pendaki dan 40 pemandu tempatan kelihatan tidak dapat turun dari puncak
Kinabalu yang, disebabkan oleh gempa bumi pagi Jumaat. Sekurang-kurangnya 4
pendaki mengalami kecederaan seperti patah tulang dan luka kepala, New Straits
Times melaporkan.
Malaysia
earthquake: Over 160 people stranded on mountain, 40 missing after 6.0 quake
(VIDEO) . . .
Rockfalls
at Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, caused by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Borneo
Island, have left more than 160 people stranded on the peak, with some injured,
according to officials. Forty people have been reported missing.
About
120 climbers and 40 local guides appear to be unable to descend from the
Kinabalu summit, due to the Friday morning earthquake. At least four climbers
had injuries, such as broken bones and head wounds, the New Straits Times
reported.
Not in San Andreas movie, its live in Sabah. Pray for
them. #prayforSabahan #SabahEarthQuake
"Ia amat rumit sekarang," kata menteri pelancongan negeri Sabah Datuk Masidi Manjun kepada AFP. "Kita tidak boleh mendarat helikopter di sana kerana jarak penglihatan yang tidak baik, tetapi orang tidak boleh datang sendiri kerana laluan utama kini dilalui."
Operasi menyelamat "Op Gempa" telah membawa kepada 29 pendaki yang dibawa turun dari gunung 4095 meter, kata polis tempatan.
"Kami cuba untuk mencari 40 orang yang dipercayai terperangkap di atas gunung itu," Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar kepada pemberita, seperti yang dipetik oleh ‘The Star’ dalam talian.
Satu lagi 200 pejalan kaki dilarang daripada mendaki di pintu pagar Taman Kinabalu sebagai langkah keselamatan.
Profil puncak ikonik telah menderita, sebagai gegaran yang musnah satu daripada 2 pembentukan batu berkembar yang digelar "Telinga Keldai itu".
Another 200 hikers were banned from climbing at the gates of the Kinabalu Park for safety reasons.
The peak’s iconic profile has suffered, as the tremor destroyed one of the two twin rock formations dubbed "Donkey's Ears".
According to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit at about 7:15 am (2315 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers, with its epicenter located about 54 kilometers (34 miles) east of Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah.
No major damage or deaths were initially reported, and there was no tsunami warning. The earthquake damaged a road and at least ten buildings including schools, hospital, police station, banks, mosque and supermarkets in the town of Ranau.
The iconic Donkey's ear peak at Mt Kinabalu have been
damaged by the 6.0 mag earthquake. #sabah #earthquake 11:44 AM - 5 Jun
2015
Menurut
Tinjauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat, gempa bumi itu melanda pada kira-kira 7:15
(2315 GMT) pada kedalaman 10 kilometer, dengan pusat yang terletak kira-kira 54
kilometer (34 batu) timur Kota Kinabalu, ibu negeri Sabah.
Tiada
kerosakan besar atau kematian dilaporkan pada mulanya, dan tidak ada amaran
tsunami. Gempa bumi itu jalan rosak dan sekurang-kurangnya 10 bangunan termasuk
sekolah, hospital, balai polis, bank, masjid dan pasar raya di bandar Ranau.
According
to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit at about 7:15 am (2315 GMT) at a
depth of 10 kilometers, with its epicenter located about 54 kilometers (34
miles) east of Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah.
No
major damage or deaths were initially reported, and there was no tsunami
warning. The earthquake damaged a road and at least ten buildings including
schools, hospital, police station, banks, mosque and supermarkets in the town
of Ranau.
earthquake in Sabah earlier this morning at 7.15 a.m may
Allah keep them safe and sound
Beberapa
panik di kalangan penduduk di negeri Malaysia Sabah telah dilaporkan, sebagai
orang lari bangunan untuk mengelakkan sebarang bahaya. Seorang penduduk di Kota
Kinabalu, Colin Forsythe, memberitahu AFP bahawa gempa bumi itu berlangsung
selama kira-kira 15 saat dan merasakan "seolah-olah sebuah lori telah
merempuh dinding bata."
Some
panic among the residents of the Malaysian state of Sabah was reported, as
people fled buildings in order to avoid any danger. A resident of Kota
Kinabalu, Colin Forsythe, told AFP that the quake lasted around 15 seconds and
felt "as if a truck had crashed into a brick wall."
i'm afraid that local buildings standards in Sabah werent
designed to withstand earthquakes. #SabahEarthQuake 11:55 AM - 5
Jun 2015
Malaysia
terletak di luar Lingkaran Api, tali pinggang aktiviti seismik yang bersempadan
dengan lembangan Pasifik, jadi gempa bumi besar jarang berlaku di negara ini.
Gunung Kinabalu dianggap sebagai destinasi pelancongan popular dengan
beribu-ribu orang berduyun-duyun setiap tahun untuk memanjatnya. Kumpulan puak
tempatan, Kadazan Dusun, percaya ia menjadi tempat yang suci.
Minggu
lalu, sekumpulan 10 orang Barat yang dimuat naik gambar mereka, yang dibuat di
atas gunung, di internet, dengan itu kemarahan penduduk tempatan dan
memprovokasi cadangan bahawa gempa bumi itu adalah tanda bahawa roh-roh telah
terganggu oleh perbuatan mereka.
Malaysia
lies outside the Ring of Fire, the seismic activity belt that borders the
Pacific basin, so major earthquakes are rare in the country. Mount Kinabalu is
considered to be a popular tourist destination with thousands of people
flocking each year to climb it. Local tribal group, Kadazan Dusun, believes it
to be a sacred place.
Last
week, a group of 10 Westerners uploaded their nude photos, made on the
mountain’s top, on the internet, thus angering the locals and provoking
suggestions that the quake was a sign that the spirits were disturbed by their
act.
