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Report from The Nation dated Saturday 11 March 2006 :-
Disaster centre warns of possible undersea volcano explosion, tsunami
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The National Disaster Warning Centre Saturday issued an urgent warning asking the people to monitor announcements from the centre constantly following 31 earthquakes under the Andaman Sea off Ranong's coast.
The centre issued an announcement on TV saying 31 earthquakes measured at 4.0 to 5.3 on Richter scale happened on the seedbed about 400 to 600 kilometres west of Ranong's coast on Thursday, Fridayd Saturday.
It said the number of the quakes was irregular and the epicenter was at a fault where undersea mountains were located and sometimes lava had seeped out from the fault.
The centre said the quakes might have been caused by force of the lava which were pushing out through the fault or the moving of the fault.
The centre said the quakes could lead to a formation of a new undersea volcano, which could cause tsunamis if the volcano exploded.
The centre added that the quakes also indicated that the Bahrain Volcano, which was about 110 kms away from the fault or 67kms from Thailand might explode in the future and affect Thailand.
The centre asked Thais to monitor announcements from the centre closely and ask fishermen to watch out for possible signs of undersea volcano explosion, such as the change of sea colours and strange behaviours of sea animals and smelling of phosphorous and seeing bubbles coming up from the sea.
Following the announcement, Phuket authorities have asked people to closely monitor announcements of DNWC and alerted the authorities if they found irregular incidents at the sea.
Phuket Governer Udomsak Assawarangkura said the number of earthquakes from March 9-11 were irregular. And the quakes could cause volcano underwater explosion that could possibly lead to tsunami.
He asked fishermen to monitor unusual incidents at sea such as change of sea colour or strange behaviour of sea animals. If found, they were asked to alert the nearest authorities.
As of now, the authorities have not yet issued any warning or ordered evacuation. But they are closely monitor the announcement from the DNWC.
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Sunday 12 March 2006 :-
Tsunami watch cancelled
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The National Disaster Warning Centre announced this afternoon it has called off the tsunami alert along the Andaman coastline.
The centre "has affirmed that yesterday's earthquakes in the Andaman did not cause tsunamis," said an announcement.
Seismologists counted an unusual 31 undersea earthquakes in less than two days off the Thai coastline, roughly in the area of a massive earthquake which cause the 2004 killer tsunami.
Authorities called a tsunami watch, although no evacuation was ordered.
"After additional analysis of information and the geological structure of the Andaman Sea, the centre believes the frequent quakes will not cause tsunamis," authorities finally announced this afternoon.
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 14 March 2006 :-
'Mini tsunami' in Thailand likely in next 50 years: geologist
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Geologists have forecast that Thailand's Andaman coast could face a "mini tsunami" in the next 50 years, and warned that the area's "improper" land use could put local residences in real danger if a worse-case scenario occurs.
The magnitude of the wave would be 1.5-2.0 metres high - far less than the 5-12 metre tsunami on December 26, 2004, said Norwegian geologist Dr Kjeel Karlsrud, who conducted a risk study recently.
"The next tsunami should happen within the next 50 to 100 years in Thailand if a quake with a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale occurs underwater in the area of the Sumatra islands. The centre of the afflicted area would be similar to the first tsunami," Dr Karlsrud said.
The six provinces hit in 2004 and Koh Phrathong would still be the centre of the impact, he predicted.
"The most worrying issue is improper land use in those areas that might cause higher damage than it should," he said.
Worrawut Tantiwanich, director of the Department of Mineral Resources' Environmental Geology Division, said prevention measures were needed for the area even though the possibility of a second tsunami was a long way off.
"Warning systems and the improvement of land use in the areas potentially affected should start now," he said.
Among the suggested measures, he said, his authority had concluded that public parks should be built in particular areas as natural barriers to decrease the strength of a tsunami.
"Haad Patong should extend its emergency evacuation routes to 500 metres and add more such routes to the existing seven, while Baan Nam Khem should have 10 similar routes. Together with the efficient warning systems, these should be acceptable prevention measures," Worrawut said yesterday.
He spoke after a meeting with experts and officials from Asean countries on post tsunami measures.
Janjira Pongrai
The Nation
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