Overview

• Malaysia’s meteorological agency confirmed a magnitude-4.1 earthquake near Segamat on Aug 24 with tremors felt across parts of Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and southern Pahang, and no casualties reported.
• The Building and Construction Authority said no building tremor sensors in Singapore were triggered by the event and reported that structures are designed to resist lateral forces from distant earthquakes.
• BCA and other agencies are monitoring real-time seismic data and will continue reviewing the building safety framework to keep pace with regional hazards and evolving standards.
• Geoscientists from NUS and NTU said the Johor tremor was likely an intra-plate quake caused by stress release along a minor or previously unmapped fault within the Sunda Plate.
• Experts assess that Singapore’s chance of a damaging earthquake is extremely low given its geological stability, with most tremors felt locally typically originating from larger quakes in Sumatra.