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Facebook posting by Ben Godomon

5 June 2015

11.32pm: An earthquake has occurred at 6.1N 116.5E, magnitude 2.8, depth 10km, 22km NW Ranau, temors felt in Ranau. Ref:http://on.fb.me/1Js6nEV

11.13pm: An earthquake has occurred at 6.1N 116.5E, magnitude 4.3, depth 18km, 20km NW Ranau, tremors felt in Ranau. Ref:http://on.fb.me/1dSrraA

9.56pm: Datuk Masidi Manjun tweeted: "It is with much regret that I have to inform that there have been fatalities at Mt Kinabalu. Details will be announced tomorrow."

9.12pm: An earthquake has occured at 6.0N 116.6E, magnitude 4.3, depth 10km, 9km NW Ranau. Ref: http://bit.ly/1GcZrJ8

11.26am: Datuk Masidi Manjun tweeted: "Bad news confirmed! part of the iconic 'Donkey's Ear' @Mount Kinabalu is gone due to strong tremor this morning http://t.co/Mhrqr5k1fN". Note: Note: Donkey's Ears: 4,054m. Low's Peak: 4,095m.

10.44: several aftershocks have been recorded. Ref: http://bit.ly/1Qcgema

9.45am: no aftershocks so far. Ref: http://bit.ly/1APchgH

7.15am: An earthquake has occurred at 6.1N 116.6E, magnitude 5.9, depth 54km, 16km NW Ranau. Tremors felt in Ranau, Tambunan, Pedalaman, Tuaran, K.Kinabalu and Kota Belud. Ref:http://on.fb.me/1RQ3K15

According to earthquake tracker website
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/malaysia/biggest, whose data is taken from the US Geological Survey (USGS), this morning's 5.9 / 6.0 Richter Ranau earthquake is apparently the second strongest to ever hit Malaysia, and the joint 27th strongest ever to hit the region. The strongest ever is the 6.2 Richter Lahad Datu quake of 1976. Note : another report said the 1976 quake was a 5.8.

Please don't cause unnecessary alarm by taking photos of quakes from other countries and then claiming they're due to this quake. One photo I saw is of a damaged road due to a quake in Myanmar in March 2011.