Tremors jolt Malaysia's Sabah

Tremors jolt Malaysia's Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Tremors shook northern Borneo yesterday, forcing local government ministers to flee a 23rd- floor cabinet meeting, Malaysia's national news agency, Bernama, said.

The quake was centered east of the Malaysian state of Sabah, which lies in northeast Borneo, and south of the Philippines, said the Meteorological Department in Kuala Lumpur.

The tremor struck at 0130 GMT but its exact location and magnitude have yet to be determined, it said.

Cabinet ministers of the Sabah state government scurried down 32 flights of stairs after tremors shook their building in the state capital of Kota Kinabalu, Bernama said.

Firefighters later found no damage to the building.