3.3 Richter Quake Hits Chiang Mai

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3.3 Richter quake hits Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai - A 3.3 Richter quake, which rattled Chiang Mai's Mae Ai district late Tuesday night, was a slight tremor resulted from usual energy releasing along active fault, Northern Meteorological Center deputy spokesman said Wednesday.

Adisorn Foongkhajorn said the quake, which had epicenter in Mae Ai, came from the Mae Chan fault.

It panicked locals to panic but no casualties were reported.

-- The Nation 2011-03-02

[clinique]

More great reporting,,, and how about the editing....

It panicked locals to panic

[gotlost]

Never felt a thing.

[Thaddeus]

Never felt a thing.

You were probably too panicked to panic.

[DumFarang]

Can we get a definition on what panicking to panic is like? Is it like panicking before you panic out of fear that you might panic?

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Mae Ai quake caused by energy

By The Nation

The 3.3Ritcher quake, which rattled Chiang Mai's Mae Ai district late on Tuesday night, was merely a tremor resulting from energy being released along an active fault line, deputy spokesman for the Northern Meteorological Centre said yesterday.

Adisorn Foongkhajorn said the quake, which only caused panic among residents but no casualties or injuries, had come from the fault line in Mae Chan. When asked if a major earthquake, like the one that struck Christchurch recently,

might hit Thailand, he said countries with active fault lines faced an equal amount of risk. However, he confirmed that the Meteorological Department had the tools to detect and watch for quakes round the clock.

Director of Chiang Mai University's Seismic Research Centre, Sampan Singharajwarapan, said the Mai Ai quake was normal because the fault in Mae Chan regularly releases energy that is at the 34 Richter scale. However, he urged authorities to inspect all buildings for safety in case a stronger quake hits areas along Thailand's fault lines.

-- The Nation 2011-03-03

[canuckamuck]

It is usually the scientific articles that are the most humorous in the Thai papers.

The quake was caused by energy, wow, what else causes earthquakes?

But the like the part about the fault regularly releasing energy at 34 on the Richter scale.

I can't believe I haven't felt one of those yet, I must be a hard sleeper.

[Thaddeus]

It is usually the scientific articles that are the most humorous in the Thai papers.

The quake was caused by energy, wow, what else causes earthquakes?

But the like the part about the fault regularly releasing energy at 34 on the Richter scale.

I can't believe I haven't felt one of those yet, I must be a hard sleeper.

Yes, and.............

However, he confirmed that the Meteorological Department had the tools to detect and watch for quakes round the clock

"Quick Somchai, check the dials, I think that was an earthquake"