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Landslides in Malaysia

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Landslides in Malaysia are regular natural disasters in Malaysia which occur along hillsides and steep slopes.

Events

  • 1 May 1961 – A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
  • 21 October 1993 – The man-made Pantai Remis landslide caused a new cove to be formed in the coastline.
  • 11 December 1993 – 48 people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
  • 30 June 1995 – 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway.
  • 6 January 1996 – A landslide occurred in the North–South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
  • 29 August 1996 – A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak, 44 people were killed in this tragedy.
  • 15 May 1999 – A landslide near Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Several landslides force the evacuation of 1,000 apartment dwellers at Bukit Antarabangsa.
  • 20 November 2002 – The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapsed due to an early morning landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, with a fatality in his family.
  • December 2003 – A rockfall in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to be closed for more than six months.
  • 31 May 2006 – Four persons were killed in the landslides at Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
  • 26 December 2007 – Two villagers were buried alive in a major landslide, which destroyed nine wooden houses in Lorong 1, Kampung Baru Cina, Kapit, Sarawak.
  • 6 December 2008 – the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide occurred on the eastern side of the township of Bukit Antarabangsa, 1.5 kilometers northeast of the Highland Towers. The landslide severely damaged 14 upscale bungalows, killing four and injuring fifteen.
  • 12 February 2009 – one contract worker was killed in a landslide at the construction site for a 43-storey condominium in Bukit Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur.
  • 21 May 2011 – 16 people mostly 15 children and a caretaker of an orphanage were killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains at the Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in FELCRA Semungkis, Hulu Langat, Selangor.
  • 29 Dec 2012 – 88 residents of bungalows, shophouses and double-storey terrace houses in the Puncak Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur were ordered to move out because of soil movement. Resident Siti Mahfudzah Shahril, 34, said she was shocked at the sound of a siren and rushed out to see a landslide of about 50m high.
  • 18 November 2014 – A landslide, caused by heavy rain, forced the closure of the Km 4.2 of the Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway heading towards Genting Highlands.
  • 5 June 2015 – A Mw 6.0 earthquake in Sabah triggers major landslides on Mount Kinabalu, killing 18, injuring 11 and leaving many people stranded.[1][2]
  • 12 January 2021 – A landslide occurred at Padawan, Sarawak. A grandmother, together with her daughter, saved her four grandchildren from being buried alive when part of their house collapsed in Kampung Garung at 40 kilometres of Jalan Puncak Borneo near Kuching city.[3]
  • 2 December 2021 – A landslide, caused by continuous rainfall. Two vehicles, a lorry and a multi-purpose vehicle are believed buried alive at Simpang Pulai-Blue Valley road near Cameron Highlands. The victims were identified as Muhammad Hafiz Hamdi, 31, from Tanjung Piandang in Kerian, who was driving a lorry carrying vegetable, and Tan Chee Heng, 36, from Klang, Selangor, who was driving a MPV.[4]
  • 10 March 2022 – A landslide occurred from Taman Bukit Permai. Four were killed when the landslide raged through Jalan Teratai 1/2J, Taman Bukit Teratai near Ampang, Selangor.[5]
  • 16 December 2022 – A landslide occurred on the campsite in an organic farm near the Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands in Batang Kali, Selangor. With 31 people were killed and 7 people injured, it is the one of worst landsides occurred in Malaysia.[6]

References

  1. ^ Felix Tongkul (7 June 2015). "Sabah quake: A geologist's perspective". The Star. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ "M 6.0 - 14 km WNW of Ranau, Malaysia". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Brave granny saves four children from being buried in landslide". www.astroawani.com. January 13, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Bunyan, John (2 December 2021). "Two dead in Cameron Highlands tragic landslide". Malay Mail. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ Safeek Affendy Razali (10 March 2022). "4 dikhuatiri tertimbus tanah runtuh Taman Bukit Permai". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ Rozanna Latiff; Yantoultra Ngui (16 December 2022). "Malaysia campsite landslide kills 21, including children". Reuters. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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