webfact Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 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 -- © Copyright Chiang Rai Times 2016-11-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manassas Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 "powerful fault line at Phayao"? Anybody have a map of the fault lines this area? Now I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I used to have a map but I can't seem to find it. Try a Google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieBaBaBoBo Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Here's a seismic risk map for Thailand... from 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieBaBaBoBo Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 ...and here's a fault line map for northern Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats56 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiken Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 3.6 ha ha ha a toy earthquake. Never feel them under a 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manassas Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 I slept through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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