Minor quake, but a major wake-up call


SEGAMAT in Johor was jolted by a small earthquake recently, a rare occurrence that most Malaysians of our generation have never felt – the last Johor tremor was reported 83 years ago.

For most of us, the tremor on Aug 24 was our first brush with a natural phenomenon that occurs more often in Indonesia and Japan, among others.

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