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billbus12

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  1. Wow! but what can you say it seems like the USA has been trying to help Thailand people like the flooding victim's and now NASA but the Thai government just want our tourist dollars only that's ok I still love Thailand and it's lovely people if they ever need my help I will help. from A farang man.

  2. 7:23 here in Chiang Rai, just felt a 7 second aftershock. It's so quiet here, I heard it come on up the hill from the north - to my house.

    hi was the quake felt in khon kaen my friend lives there but havent talked to them yet..bill

    Hi Brahm,

    Good to hear you are ok and no damage from quake there in CR. As a long term resident of CR and not living so far away from the Mekong, I wanted to sound you out if anyone up there is talking about or has ever speculated on, what would happen if one of these periodic quakes that the general region north of you receives, were to damage one of the dams the Chinese have built or are building on the Lancang- Mekong. For example, Jinghong can't be too far away from the epicentre.

    While the press immediately report that there are no risks of a tsunami from this quake, they fail to report on the status and condition of the dams in the region. If one of those behemoths on the upper Mekong were to crack and burst, then it would cause a destructive riverine tsunami of biblical proportions downstream. The potential for a cascade effect of bursting dams increases with each new dam added to the river, which is a risk posed downstream which so far has not been given a lot of airing, compared to say the effect on biodiversity, fisheries and livelihoods of people depending on the river. The prospect of a riverine tsunami running all the way down to Vientiane and possibly beyond is something that disaster mitigation planners should be considering for the future I would have thought. It is also another argument for not building the Sayaboury Dam and others in the Lower Mekong Basin countries, given the geological instability of the wider region. There is additionally the risk of reservoir-induced seismicity, something that a massive reservoir like Xiaowan just completed could trigger - and if that went, then heaven help those living downstream to the Delta, I would imagine.

    Any discussion going on to your knowledge about this aspect of the dams?

  3. Preliminary report from USGS

    http://earthquake.us.../usc0002aes.php

    Earthquake Details

    • This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

    Magnitude7.0 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes) Date-Time

    • Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 13:55:36 UTC
    • Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 08:25:36 PM at epicenter

    Location20.898°N, 99.883°E Depth229.4 km (142.5 miles) set by location program RegionMYANMAR Distances

    • 111 km (69 miles) N (3°) from Chiang Rai, Thailand
    • 155 km (96 miles) SW (219°) from Yunjinghong, Yunnan, China
    • 252 km (156 miles) NNE (22°) from Chiang Mai, Thailand
    • 434 km (270 miles) NW (319°) from VIENTIANE, Laos

    Location UncertaintyError estimate not available ParametersNST= 14, Nph=0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp=104°,

    M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B Source

    Event IDpt11083001

    http://www.nationmul...a-30151761.html

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