Earthquake at Mount Kinabalu (2)

It is a sad news to find out that 19 people had died in the earthquake on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. Out of which many were 12 year old Singapore's Tanjong Katong Primary School students and their teachers. The mountain guides and local authority are still looking for 6 missing pupils and 2 teachers.


For latest news and updates of search you can follow:

• Singapore Minister of Education, Heng Swee Keat's Facebook Page
• Twitter of Masidi Manjun, @MasidiM, Minister of Tourism, Culture & Environment, Sabah (Malaysia)
• Sabah Tourism Board on the accessibility of Mount Kinabalu
• The Star Online (Malaysia) on Sabah Quake
• The Straights Times on Sabah Quake
• Sin Chew Daily (in Mandarin) on the earthquake in Sabah
• BBC news on Malaysia mountain quake
• Australia's ABC News on Malaysia Earthquake
• CNN on Sabah earthquake

Other records of the earthquake on Mount Kinabalu

Survived climbers' account of the incident

• An account of the Via Ferrata route taken by the Tanjong Katong Primary School students
• Another account from the operator of the Vie Ferrata trek
• An account from a survivor of the earthquake on the heroic local mountain guides
• Stories of the unsung hero, local mountain guides

More specific updates or information

• Singapore news on the return of students. In total there were 87 students from 3 Singapore's primary schools, out of nearly 200 climbers, on the mountain when the quake struck. 
• A list of aftershock account from Sin Chew Daily
• The worst hit mid-way accommodation, Panar Laban, before the quake. The hut is just a few hundred meters above Laban Rata.

This photo is taken in 2011. Standing on the end of the plateau of the summit looking down to Sayat Sayat checkpoint (the last checkpoint before summit). At the far right of the photo you can see people descended slowly from the slope.