3.6 Earthquake Shakes Mae Suay and Mae Lao Districts in Chiang Rai

 

CHIANG RAI – The Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Department reported that a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook Chiang Rai Province on Wednesday morning, the epicenter was about two kilometers underground in Mae Suay district.

 

The earthquake, which occurred at 3.16am, was also felt in Mae Lao district of the province.

 

There were no reports of damage or casualties.

 

Full story: http://www.chiangraitimes.com/3-6-eathquake-shakes-mae-suay-and-mae-lao-districts-in-chiang-rai.html

 

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"powerful fault line at Phayao"? Anybody have a map of the fault lines this area? Now I'm curious.

I used to have a map but I can't seem to find it.  Try a Google search.

Here's a seismic risk map for Thailand... from 2005.

...and here's a fault line map for northern Thailand.

This is what the Mineral Resources states about the Phayao fault line.

 

The 45 km-long, NNW-trending Phayao FZ exhibits a sharp scarp clearly observed from the Landsat image suggesting Quaternary movement with eastward down-thrown side to the Payao Basin, possibly related to the so-called Kwan Phayao Lake. This lake is interpreted representing the large sag pond – an internal fault wedge basin which forms branches in the bifurcating dextral fault as a result of slip movement. The 1994 Pan earthquake with the magnitude about Mb 6.0 at the northern extension of the fault provides the good evidence on a fault – generating earthquake. Based on focal mechanism, Bott et al. (1997) considered that the similarly oriented fault is located possibly within the Payao basin.   http://www.dmr.go.th/main.php?filename=fault_en

I for one have no desire to live in a earthquake area. Felt one in California at a stop light and the car was rocking back and forth and one in Ontario sitting in my kichen and the plants in the house were waving around. These were mild quakes but still unsettling.

3.6 ha ha ha a toy earthquake. Never feel them under a 5

19 hours ago, EddieBaBaBoBo said:

...and here's a fault line map for northern Thailand.

Interesting. I didn't realize that this area was potentially so active. Still have a crack in the garden wall from the one a few years back. Good not to be in a high rise.

I slept through it.