Tremors shake Sabah east coast


KOTA KINABALU: A moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake in the Sulu Sea rattled residents off their beds at 1.19am Tuesday.

Coastal villagers in Semporna, Kunak and Tawau came out of their houses after tremors lasting about a minute shook their stilt homes following the earthquake at the depth of 10kms in the Sulu Sea in Philippines was about 148km northeast of Semporna.

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