Earthquake

Post by **The understudy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:53 am

A few of my friends from Stamford felt it too last night and of coursre the afternoon after. some of them where in their rroom @Hin Nam Sai Suay Condo and some other where @ a friends house very near the airport.
your's the understudy

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:40 am

Firstly

Dawn - your dogs are Thai - what do you expect - reaction or something?

Secondly

Me & Mrs. T lived in Taiwan for a while, so we are used to earthquakes. She confirms having felt them all (I'm currently in BKK so oblivious to all this rattling). Also my lads at the ponds have confirmed that the ponds 'slopped' a little yeseterday afternoon - not as much as they did on 26/12/04, but enough to indicate that something was amiss.

Thirdly

Just goes to prove that no matter where you live - nature and natural forces will get you in the end

Fourthly

Relax - have a beer - forget about it

Post by **HansMartin** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:14 am

The one I felt yesterday was a solid "bump", like a truck backing into a building. Not one of those good Claifornia "rollers" that last 10-15 seconds, and get everything swaying.

During one of the more interesting ones that I have been through, I was next to a tall pane of glass and you could see motion waves moving though the pane. It is amazing how flexible glass is -- to a point.

Post by **tbuzzi** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:30 am

HansMartin wrote:The one I felt yesterday was a solid "bump", like a truck backing into a building. Not one of those good Claifornia "rollers" that last 10-15 seconds, and get everything swaying.

During one of the more interesting ones that I have been through, I was next to a tall pane of glass and you could see motion waves moving though the pane. It is amazing how flexible glass is -- to a point.

I guess that is because glass is not actually a solid but still a liquid right?

Post by JD » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:21 am

Just heard that The Grand Hotel had some windows break during yesterdays quake.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:24 am

This could get heavy

According to a volconologist that I just happen to know (He gets orgasmic over eruptions!!) - there are two major types of earthquake shockwaves.

'P' type - give you a thud or a severe one off jolt. Very dangerous for high rise buildings apparantly as the shock wave has no way to dissipate the energy and causes said buldings to sometimes implode if this is not considered in the design.

'S' type - more common and cause the swaying that we love so much

Unfortunately these seem to go on and on and can get nauseating if you are sitting high up in a high rise.

Seems if you live in a steel framed building you are much safer than in R/C.

You all still awake?

Post by **Guess** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:27 am

I have just felt one that was a much greater shock than anything previously felt here at about 04:10 AM Thai Time (GMT+7).

Nothing showing up on any site yet but most seem to be a few hours out of date.

Does anybody know of a site that is more frequently updated.

Post by **Farang** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:34 am

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Felt quite a tremor and heard eerie sound abt. 04.10 this morning.

And no, I wast just reading.
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Post by **Burger** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:45 am

f**k, that one was scary.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:54 am

Felt that one & so did the dogs! Still no howling or barking (from me or them!

) but it definitely woke us up! This can't be a good thing, having so many small tremors, can it?

Not coming from an earthquake prone country, this worries me a bit.

Post by **Norseman** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:41 am

The thread Pete gave us earlier say this earthquake was of magnitude 5 and with epicenter 215 km south of Bangkok. Thats just outside our doorstep guys.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 100_10.php

Post by **Teabone** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:44 am

That certainly got my attention, to repete a previous request - does anyone know of any websites that give info on recent quakes / tremors?
Breaking news on bangkok post doesn't have anything.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:49 am

When the last event happened on 28th, I was in Bangkok and oblivious to it.
Mrs.T was here in Hua Hin and felt them all.

At about 4.10 this a.m it woke us up and Mrs.T confrmed that it was bigger than any she had felt before.

Dawn

Yes it's worrying - but put it this way - it's far better to have a load of small successive tremors than one bloody great big one.

Post by **Teabone** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:52 am

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 100_10.php

Have just read a previous post which gave a good link - and followed it to the above page which gives a map - apparently the 'quake' last night was off the coast here hear Hua Hin - Chumpon.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:59 am

Yep

Just checked it out at

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... ustna4.php

Seems 5 on the Richter scale and a bit close to home for comfort - thank whoever that there was no tidal wave

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