{
  "id": 9245770,
  "title": "Why small quakes in Malaysia’s Sabah could be sounding seismic alarms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/why-small-quakes-in-malaysias-sabah-could-be-sounding-seismic-alarms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T02:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368423/why-small-quakes-malaysias-sabah-could-be-sounding-seismic-alarms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A series of small earthquakes beneath Keningau, an inland district of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, is drawing attention to a part of the state where scientists say the faults are poorly understood and the consequences of a larger quake could be devastating. The latest, a magnitude-3.4 tremor on September 3, was felt in several parts of Keningau, prompting staff at the district office to suspend a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}