Tag: Mount Kinabalu

Malaysia quake death toll at 16, search continues

JUNE 8 (Reuters) — Malaysian authorities said on Sunday (June 7) 16 bodies had been recovered from the country’s highest peak Mount Kinabalu after a magnitude 6 earthquake caused landslides and aftershocks. Minister for Tourism, Culture and Environment Masidi Manjun told reporters in Kinabalu park that two people were listed as missing and that body parts had been found. “Today we’ve found five new bodies, three of whom have been recovered and flown by helicopter. […]

Magnitude 6 quake leaves more than 130 stranded on Malaysian mountain

More than 130 people are trapped on Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Friday (June 5). Foreign and domestic hikers flock to Sabah to climb the 4,095-metre (13,435 feet) mountain, where at least 137 people were trapped, the state’s fire and rescue department told Reuters. So far 52 climbers had made it down safely, the public relations officer for Sabah Fire and Rescue department, […]