Earth Quake In Chiang Mai Today?

[george]

I just got this SMS news alert from Bangkok Post:

"Metrological Dept. confirms an earthquake in A. Muang Chiang Mai, still assessing stenght and damage."

Anyone?

[Tywais]

Out Hang Dong way didn't notice anything.

[rishi]

... at least 4 persons - located within the moats - didn't notice anything neither.

[george]

A slow news day for Bangkok Post?

[chuchok]

A slow news day for Bangkok Post?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

9 km north of the city and not so much as a flea farting....

[Jai Dee]

The TMD's website only has warnings for heavy rain in the South and high waves in the Gulf.

No bulletins issued from the Thai National News Bureau yet.

[p1p]

I fell over. Perhaps that was it....

[Dustoff]

~

I felt and heard the rumble early in the day and wondered if that was what it was.

Very similar to the one recently but much milder.

[mumbojumbo]

Here are the quakes for the last 1-1/2 days GMT. Don't see anything close.

Looks like Alaska if very active lately.

map 3.1 2005/12/15 10:57:04 59.275 -153.164 80.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA

map 3.4 2005/12/15 08:51:26 62.219 -147.974 50.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

map 2.5 2005/12/15 08:16:26 63.483 -147.762 1.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

map 3.0 2005/12/15 06:28:44 61.171 -150.443 50.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA

map 2.5 2005/12/15 05:50:28 32.787 -115.576 17.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

MAP 5.0 2005/12/15 04:45:35 -15.994 -70.722 137.0 SOUTHERN PERU

map 2.9 2005/12/15 01:26:22 46.195 -122.202 0.0 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA,

map 3.3 2005/12/14 22:50:19 38.788 -122.771 0.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

map 3.0 2005/12/14 22:40:24 62.766 -151.175 100.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

MAP 4.9 2005/12/14 21:22:42 18.774 -100.861 115.8 MICHOACAN, MEXICO

map 2.8 2005/12/14 15:51:22 59.550 -151.794 41.3 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA map 3.9 2005/12/14 14:56:44 58.390 -151.622 1.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, AK map 3.2 2005/12/14 12:23:01 54.753 -160.029 4.1 ALASKA PENINSULA

MAP 5.2 2005/12/14 10:52:09 -30.999 -71.443 56.7 COQUIMBO, CHILE

map 3.1 2005/12/14 08:43:55 53.700 -163.805 1.0 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, AK MAP 5.0 2005/12/14 07:09:54 30.420 79.225 49.3 UTTARANCHAL, INDIA

map 2.8 2005/12/14 07:06:22 33.929 -116.318 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

map 2.7 2005/12/14 07:02:29 63.444 -144.407 1.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

map 2.6 2005/12/14 06:57:10 60.744 -152.172 90.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA

map 5.6 2005/12/14 06:45:42 -14.658 167.954 10.0 VANUATU

MAP 4.9 2005/12/14 06:01:27 52.156 -176.674 93.2 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

map 3.3 2005/12/14 03:22:35 60.132 -152.209 45.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA

[Tywais]

Here are the quakes for the last 1-1/2 days GMT.  Don't see anything close.

Looks like Alaska if very active lately.

Must be less then 4.0 then. Seems BP's threshold is pretty low.

Edited December 15, 2005 by tywais

[Ricardo]

Chiang Mai - 'Hub of Earth-Quakes' ?

It's better than being the home of the zoo where you can eat the view !

Didn't feel it in Mae-Jo

[george]

Time to close this thread?

Our friends at the Post will revert if something.

Cheers!

[Ricardo]

Come to think of it, Mrs Ricardo & her chums were practising this morning for being cheerleaders, for the local school extravaganza tommorrow so if there is another stronger tremor on Friday-morning, I will know where to lay the blame

It was a sight best kept from the faint-hearted

[Ricardo]

Lucky for me, Friday morning's tremors (3.8 & 3.9) were in Chiang Rai, or I guess I'd be a dead man !

[ThaiPauly]

I heard a big rumble (well more of a bang ) I said to my Wife that we must be having another earthquake, ..but if nobody else heard it I must be mistaken

[Jai Dee]

Lucky for me, Friday morning's tremors (3.8 & 3.9) were in Chiang Rai, or I guess I'd be a dead man ! 

Correct... see this thread.

Maybe someone at the BKK Post hit the wrong key on the keyboard when sending out the SMS...

M is so close to R...

[rishi]

... so what do we have now? Three earthquakes in Northern Thailand in less than 24 hours? One unverified in Chiang Mai Thursday and two in Chiang Rai Friday?

[Ricardo]

... so what do we have now? Three earthquakes in Northern Thailand in less than 24 hours? One unverified in Chiang Mai Thursday and two in Chiang Rai Friday?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Correct , and none of them in the fault(s) over the Burmese border, which is where our local tremors usually seem to come from.

Are there any 'movers & shakers' in town ?

I guess it helps to keep life interesting, up here, but wonder how well-prepared local authorities would be, for a big'un ? I seem to recall buildings in CM over 5-storeys have special earthquake-related standards.

Does anyone know whether there ever has been a big earthquake in this area ?

[Dustoff]

I heard a big rumble (well more of a bang ) I said to my Wife that we must be having another earthquake, ..but if nobody else heard it I must be mistaken

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey, am I being ignored here or WHAT? As I said above...

I must be getting old. The first one was such a bang and shook the house so bad that the wife and I ran outside to look for a column of smoke and debris thinking it was an explosion or plane crash.

The second one, that is being discussed here, we thought was an earthquake but turns out to have likely been an explosion. There is a lot of work going on around us where dynamite is obviously being used and we are not far off the departure end of runway 210.

Noisy place, as is most of Thailand, ya?

[Dellboy218]

Ground swayed twice for about 2 secs each time at 2100 between CNX city and Hang Dong

[gotlost]

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°EDepth229.4 km (142.5 miles) set by location programRegionMYANMARDistances

• 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 availableParametersNST= 14, Nph=0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp=104°,

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

• NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

[Tywais]

See here