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I saw the M6.0 on the map, but did not realize it was deadly until I saw this CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/05/asia/malay...index.html

It is a shallow oblique normal slip quake: 13 km depth.

Perhaps what is interesting about this is the landslides and that it is monsoon season. Landslides in a California quake might be worse if the ground is very wet (if the water table is up).

Chris
The BBC news ran a 15 second slot on this quake, but focused mostly on the before and after effects to a rock formation called "The Donkey's Ears".

Sorry, couldn't find a link to this one.

Duffy,