Natural disasters Geography of Malaysia

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peninsular malaysia precipitation map on december 2004 showing heavy precipitation on east coast, causing floods there.


with 189 water basins , average rainfall of on 2000-4000mm per year, malaysia prone riverine, muddy floods range hours-long flash floods, prolonged flooding on flat, low-lying land along major tributaries , main stems. there have been 15 instances of major flooding in malaysia since 1926. flooding has been major concern in recent decades due rapid development in river catchment areas has led increased surface , river runoffs, increased sediment buildup in rivers, , higher risk of overflowing rivers. 2006 , 2007 flooding in johor has resulted in loss of rm1.5 billion , 18 lives in addition temporary displacement of 110,000 people.


seismic activity

malaysia largely seismically stable no modern history of volcanic activity, being situated entirely on sunda tectonic plate, between 2 major boundaries of australian plate , eurasian plate in west of peninsular malaysia, , philippine sea plate , eurasian plate @ borneon malaysia. while peninsular malaysia more accustomed light tremors caused quakes along sumatran islands of indonesia generated predominantly great sumatran fault , sunda megathrust, borneon states, particularly sabah, @ risk of more moderate interplate , intraplate earthquakes byproduct of closer proximity active tectonic activities ring of fire, record earthquakes in country occurring in state in 1976 , 2015 @ average of 6.0 mw. singapore, effects of tremors felt more on skyscrapers common in populated centres in malaysia.


interest towards tsunami risks malaysia has heighten since 2004 indian ocean earthquake. although western coast of peninsular malaysia largely shielded sumatran island full effects of waves generated earthquake, weaker deflected tsunami waves led damage , casualties along northwestern coast of peninsular malaysia, affecting coastal perlis, kedah , penang. disaster highlights risk of further tsunamis may strike coasts in direct line of undersea faults, around south china sea.








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