Intense 5.2 magnitude Earth Quake hits Ranau,Sabah -Hundreds flee in Panic

KOTA KINABALU: Hundreds of individuals fled homes and structures as an intense 5.2 size quake hit Ranau at 9.06pm on Thursday.

Over a hundred climbers at Mount Kinabalu were promptly cleared from their lodgings that were found near the 4,095 summit to a sheltered region minutes after the seismic tremor struck the locale.

"All are protected in Mount Kinabalu. They have all accumulated at the get together zone," Sabah Parks executive Jamili Nais said in a prompt reaction to the occurrence.

Police and fire fighters and different offices are going through the Ranau region to keep an eye on harms and any setbacks however prompt checks found no genuine harm inside the zones.

"Everything began shaking and endured a couple of moments. I just came up short on my chalet. It was exceptionally solid," said Lee Kuat Hou, a visitor at Taman Kinabalu in Kundasang.

A Ranau government worker S. Jocelyna said that the three seconds or so of shaking were exceptionally fierce.

"My homestay was shaking viciously. I am as yet stunned and it's extremely terrifying," Tracy, a visitor at a Kundasang homestay.

Starting at 10pm, both police and Bomba said there were no quick reports of genuine harm or losses as they keep on receiving inputs from different zones.

While Ranau and Kundasang region felt more savage shakes, it couldn't be instantly found out if there were shake falls or avalanches at Mt Kinabalu summit or zones around it.

In June 2015, 18 climbers and aides were slaughtered in the 6.1magnitiude seismic tremor that hit the western side of Mount Kinabalu and activated extreme harms crosswise over Ranau and Kundasang which is as yet recuperating in its result.

The most recent seismic tremor tremors were likewise felt on the western face of the Mount Kinabalu from Kota Belud, Tamparuli, Kiulu and the city here while occupants in territories like Penampang and Papar additionally announced feeling the tremors.

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