Kundasang quake: Tremors felt on Mount Kinabalu


A file picture of climbers looking up at Mount Kinabalu. - Photo: ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star

RANAU: Tremors from the 3.7-magnitude earthquake which struck Kundasang, Sabah, at 9.28 am Tuesday (April 26), were not only felt by residents in the district, but also by climbers on Mount Kinabalu.

Mountain guide Joeythine Musin, 29, said he and a group of climbers were descending from the summit of the mountain when they felt the tremors for a few seconds.

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