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Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:27
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Japan quake calls for more detectors in Thailand
LAMPANG, March 15 (TNA) - The devastation in Japan on Friday has led to the provision of four more earthquake-detection systems across northern Thailand, in preparation for potential fault line activity, although no movements were reported last week, in the area.
Somboon Kositanon, the director of the Mineral Resources Office in Thailand’s northern Lampang Province, said that the new sensors, in addition to 21 systems already in place, will further assist in the monitoring of disasters, and help authorities prepare for their impacts.
Somboon insisted large quantities of detectors were necessary, for the five major fault lines running beneath the region, namely in Mae Chan, Mae Hong Son, Mae Ta, Thoen, and Pue, covering at least eight provinces, are known to possess potential for violent activity. Despite this, these regions received no impact from Japan’s devastation, as it is positioned on a different land mass or “tectonic plate”.
However, the director pointed out that there could have been serious damage done if an earthquake had struck neighbouring Myanmar, a country which shares the same plate as Thailand. However, he dismissed any possibility for a quake-triggered volcanic eruption from inactive craters in the area. (TNA)
Somboon Kositanon, the director of the Mineral Resources Office in Thailand’s northern Lampang Province, said that the new sensors, in addition to 21 systems already in place, will further assist in the monitoring of disasters, and help authorities prepare for their impacts.
Somboon insisted large quantities of detectors were necessary, for the five major fault lines running beneath the region, namely in Mae Chan, Mae Hong Son, Mae Ta, Thoen, and Pue, covering at least eight provinces, are known to possess potential for violent activity. Despite this, these regions received no impact from Japan’s devastation, as it is positioned on a different land mass or “tectonic plate”.
However, the director pointed out that there could have been serious damage done if an earthquake had struck neighbouring Myanmar, a country which shares the same plate as Thailand. However, he dismissed any possibility for a quake-triggered volcanic eruption from inactive craters in the area. (TNA)
