Maps

[JRingo]

There is a nice map at the bottom that shows the known fault lines around Chiang mai.

http://geology.fullerton.edu/Faculty/brhod...%20Hi%20Res.pdf

[rishi]

It seems that the nearest faultlines are way up in the mountains. What kind of effect does the "bodyweight" of that huge amount of rockmaterial have on the consequences of a faultline shift - (or whatever those earthquake producing events are called)? In my ignorance I'd suspect a dampening effect - right/wrong?

Glad to see the Chiang Mai Basin has a huge drain downstreams. Wouldn't want to see that basin filled to the brim.

[JRingo]

It seems that the nearest faultlines are way up in the mountains. What kind of effect does the "bodyweight" of that huge amount of rockmaterial have on the consequences of a faultline shift - (or whatever those earthquake producing events are called)? In my ignorance I'd suspect a dampening effect - right/wrong?

Glad to see the Chiang Mai Basin has a huge drain downstreams. Wouldn't want to see that basin filled to the brim.

It's interesting that the quake that caused the tsunami also caused the earths axis to wobble as

a result of the faultline shifting.

http://www.777news.com/sumatra_quake_rattl...arth_orbit.html

[PeaceBlondie]

My daughter is a science teacher in San Antonio, Texas, which sits atop a massive aquifier that meets the water needs of two million people. The level in that underground reservoir, on the opposite side of the planet, moved up and down several meters!