A WEAK earthquake measuring 2.7 magnitude struck Segamat at 7.29am on Saturday (Aug 30), marking the sixth tremor in the district since last Sunday (Aug 24).
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the quake’s epicentre was two kilometres northwest of Segamat at a depth of 10km. Tremors may have been felt in surrounding areas.
The latest incident followed a 3.4 magnitude quake at 4.24am on Friday, located 22km northeast of Segamat, also at a depth of 10km.
On Sunday, a 4.1 magnitude quake was recorded in the same district. MetMalaysia said monitoring will continue.
At that time, half an hour before dawn, Segamat resident Yvonne Liu was jolted awake by a thunderous bang that lasted several seconds. Outside her window, dogs were barking loudly and anxiously.
“I felt the earth shake, like a dinosaur had passed by my house,” the 52-year-old housewife told The Straits Times last Sunday about the 4.1-magnitude earthquake that left her and her neighbours unnerved.
The ast Sunday earthquake struck Segamat – an inland Johor city of more than 200,000 residents some 180km north of Singapore – at 6.13am.
“The epicentre was located at 2.5 deg north and 102.8 deg east with a depth of 10km, 5km west of Segamat,” the MetMalaysia said in a Facebook post last week.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, 2025, killing over 144 and shaking Thailand and Malaysia.
Penang residents briefly felt tremors, though no damage occurred. The quake, which toppled a Bangkok skyscraper, underscored Southeast Asia’s seismic vulnerability along the Pacific Ring of Fire. — Aug 30, 2025
