Earthquake

[Bamboo Grove]

Woke us up as well. It's a bit more worrying if it happened on the Gulf of Thailand.

[Toni]

Woke me up too, found it rather scary to say the least.

[troopie]

Having spent over 14 years in the quake capital of the world (Japan), I came here to get away from that stuff! What's more, the houses back in Japan are as quake proof as can be had -- can't say the same about the ones here, can we!
Last night's was certainly the stronger of the 2 -- bad enough to wake us & the dog up. Hope this isn't one of an increasingly strong chain?

[Guess]

The location reported by those sites is that the epicentre puts it at about 55 KM due East of a point on the coast about mid way between Prachuap and Kui Buri.

I need more knowledge but my understanding is that to cause a Tsunami a special kind of earthqake is required that involves two plates changing allignment. I understand that the Gulf is on a single plate.

I also understood that it was supposed to be in the lowest risk category for earthquakes.

May be it is a one off but seems strange co-incidence it happened just after the five tremours in and off Myanmar on about the same latitude last week.

[Edd Case]

Perhaps another site of interest:-

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[Guess]

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.

About dogs, this is what I got from a source in Peru;

apparently dogs have to learn the signs of impending gloom and are only scared buy something they or their immediate ancestors have experienced. It is then remembered and passed on to the next generation by general laws of evolution. Dogs apparently have a very short memory span which is lost in less generations than other animals. I think if you imported a Japanese or Peruvian dog into Thailand it would have howled like crazy before you felt anything. This in itself may get passed on to the local dogs.

I have not checked this out but sounds feasible. I know that generally things are less likely to be hande down from generation to generation the more intelligent the species is.

[Guess]

If anybody sees any large cracks in the ground around Hua Hin will they please check to see if Lomu and wife and friend are stuck down there.

[caller]

Guess, off-topic I know, but whats the story behind the last post - are they late for a jolly?

Made me laugh!

I wouldn't be if I was in a high rise in HH right now!

[DawnHRD]

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.

About dogs, this is what I got from a source in Peru;

apparently dogs have to learn the signs of impending gloom and are only scared buy something they or their immediate ancestors have experienced. It is then remembered and passed on to the next generation by general laws of evolution. Dogs apparently have a very short memory span which is lost in less generations than other animals. I think if you imported a Japanese or Peruvian dog into Thailand it would have howled like crazy before you felt anything. This in itself may get passed on to the local dogs.

I have not checked this out but sounds feasible. I know that generally things are less likely to be hande down from generation to generation the more intelligent the species is.

Completely accurate. Dogs have instinctive behaviour (what all dogs do), genetic memory (what you described, passed on from ancestors somehow) & learned behaviour (what they learn in their life from experience). It never ceases to amaze me how many dogs have a large amount of genetic memory - we get pups, separated from their mums really early who are still very anti social with anyone but the human carer. That can't be learned, (they would learn to be OK with people) that has to be genetic memory. That's obviously why HHDRC dogs, although lovely, are cr@p earthquake detectors! No experience for them or ancestors...

[Guess]

Guess, off-topic I know, but whats the story behind the last post - are they late for a jolly?

Made me laugh!

I wouldn't be if I was in a high rise in HH right now!

They were out on the streets at the time of the quake but I have seen Lomu since and he says he did not notice anything at all which was no surprise really.

[Guess]

Completely accurate. Dogs have instinctive behaviour (what all dogs do), genetic memory (what you described, passed on from ancestors somehow) & learned behaviour (what they learn in their life from experience). It never ceases to amaze me how many dogs have a large amount of genetic memory - we get pups, separated from their mums really early who are still very anti social with anyone but the human carer. That can't be learned, (they would learn to be OK with people) that has to be genetic memory. That's obviously why HHDRC dogs, although lovely, are cr@p earthquake detectors! No experience for them or ancestors...

Interesting. I have found similar things with my cat. Was weened by her mother but lived with caring peole until about four months old when the owner died. we took her on (or she took us on to be more precise) and does not mix with other cats at all. BTW she slept right through the earthquake.

A new topic might be good on pet and general animal behaviour here in Thailand but I am sure that it would he hijacked by PWEETA.

[Hublet]

The following contains the details for the quake on 7th Oct 2006. The USGS are watching the area.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.0 (Moderate)
# Date-Time Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 21:12:30 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Sunday, October 8, 2006 at 4:12:30 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 11.822°N, 100.137°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region GULF OF THAILAND
Distances 180 km (110 miles) NE of Chumphon, Thailand
185 km (115 miles) ESE of Mergui, Myanmar
215 km (135 miles) S of BANGKOK, Thailand
695 km (430 miles) SE of YANGON (Rangoon), Myanmar
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 20.6 km (12.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 40, Nph= 40, Dmin=723.8 km, Rmss=1.25 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID ustna4

The link is
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... ustna4.php

Shake rattle and roll guys

[Hublet]

If you have felt these earthquakes then perhaps you should report them via the USGS link

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ous/h ... _form.html

That way maybe they will keep a closer eye on what is happening around the area. As it is they are a bit slow and are relying entirely on local authorities to eventually let them know what is going on.

[Norseman]

What amazes me is that the thai radio/tv reports that the earthquake happened in the Andaman sea, outside Burma.
NOT in the Gulf og Thailand.
Don't frighten the tourists?

[DawnHRD]

That's interesting, Norseman. I was talking to a Thai we know quite well yesterday & he said the epicentre was in Burma. I told him it wasn't & told him about the website mentioned above. I described what the website had said & shown about magnitude & locale & he asked for the website address from me. He believed me, but said that all the Thais (media & normal people) were saying it was "from" Burma. Maybe to do with not frightening tourists, but maybe to do with blaming Burma for misfortunes?!