{"id":673,"date":"2018-03-08T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/site\/?p=673"},"modified":"2018-03-08T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T13:48:53","slug":"earthquake-borneo-island-sabah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/earthquake-borneo-island-sabah\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake hits Sabah on Borneo island, felt in Kota Kinabalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 has struck the Malaysian state of Sabah on the northern part of Borneo island, with moderate shaking felt in Kota Kinabalu and across the region, including Brunei and parts of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p><em>FOR LIVE NEWS UPDATES: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bnotwitter\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bnofb\">Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake, which struck at 9:06 p.m. local time on Thursday, was centered near Ranau and Kota Belud in the state of Sabah, or 59 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Kota Kinabalu. 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