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Malaysia quake kills and strands climbers - Island Chris - 06-06-2015
I saw the M6.0 on the map, but did not realize it was deadly until I saw this CNN story:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/05/asia/malaysia-kinabalu-quake/index.html
It is a shallow oblique normal slip quake: 13 km depth.
Perhaps what is interesting about this is the landslides and that it is monsoon season. Landslides in a California quake might be worse if the ground is very wet (if the water table is up).
Chris
RE: Malaysia quake kills and strands climbers - Duffy - 06-06-2015
The BBC news ran a 15 second slot on this quake, but focused mostly on the before and after effects to a rock formation called "The Donkey's Ears".
Sorry, couldn't find a link to this one.
Duffy,