Al beter nieuws om te lezen…
Hoe kan dit juist nu gebeuren…??? Het is dus blijkbaar toch mogelijk om voorspellingen te doen.
Tja,de thaise geleerde die op Nasa werkt had dus toch gelijk,alleen de richting waar de eventuele earthquake zou onstaan,was wel in de Indische oceaan,en niet op het vaste land van Thailand.
Nog wat gegevens over de “Nicobareilanden”
1400 km vanaf het vasteland van India en 1000 km van Thailand, de Andamanen en Nicobaren zijn een van de meer afgelegen plekken op de planeet.
http://www.travel-images.com/nicobar2_r.jpg
http://ic2.pbase.com/t3/38/736838/4/92132184.FjFhKVAY.jpg
Er zijn een aantal stammen die hebben geen enkel contact met de rest van de wereld.
Van bijna 600 eilanden, slechts 9 staan open voor buitenlandse toeristen, en al deze zijn in de Andamanen.
De kans dat er slachtoffers vallen zijn gering,maar ik volg het op de voet!!
Ben echt verbaasd !!!
Wederom een nieuwe update op www.nu.nl :
In India en Sri Lanka blijven de waarschuwingen wel van kracht. In Sri Lanka worden bovendien een aantal kustgebieden ontruimd.
Heb daarjuist enkele sites bezocht en ze spreken allemaal van "lichte schade"dat de earthquake heeft veroorzaakt!
Oh gelukkig, ik hoop echt dat de schade beperkt blijft … Kan je posten op welke sites je hebt gekeken, want zoals je ziet probeer ik er ook zoveel mogelijk over te lezen … Via google is er vrij weinig over bekend, alleen nu.nl komt steeds met nieuwe updates…
Alvast bedankt!
Ik ben met stomheid geslagen…
Anders ik wel…
Update Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php?region=3&id=indian.2010.06.12.201807&msg)
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2018Z 12 JUN 2010
NOTE - DUE TO THE DOWNWARD REVISION OF THE EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE
TO 7.5 AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE EARTHQUAKE…THE
AREA OF THE WATCH IS NOW REDUCED TO ONLY INDIA. ALL OTHER
REGIONS FORMERLY UNDER A WATCH ARE NOW REMOVED FROM THE WATCH.
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
… A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT …
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
INDIA
FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1927Z 12 JUN 2010
COORDINATES - 7.8 NORTH 92.0 EAST
LOCATION - NICOBAR ISLANDS INDIA REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.5
EVALUATION
A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT
COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE
REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA
LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
INDIA GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 1953Z 12 JUN
ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION…THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
Een hele snelle nieuwe update en hopelijk goed nieuws…
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2146Z 12 JUN 2010
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
… THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED …
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1927Z 12 JUN 2010
COORDINATES - 7.8 NORTH 92.0 EAST
LOCATION - NICOBAR ISLANDS INDIA REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.5
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI WAS NOT
GENERATED. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED BY THIS CENTER
IS NOW CANCELLED.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION…THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
Er zijn twee bevingen. Een bij de Nicobaren (7.5)en bij Sumatra (5.0).
hoi allemaal
hier was op het nieuws dat een tsunami koh samui zou treffen.
nou we hebben nog niets ontvangen hier.
het is vandaag weer zonnig en bloedheet.
ja ik zat op koh phangan ook al op m’n balkon te kijken naar de zee en samui maar niets, en ook hier ishet weer heet
het nieuws gaat hier rond dat in pucket een aardbeving is geweest.
In de Bangkok Post kan ik hier in ieder geval niks over vinden…
Staat alleen artikel over de aardbeving van afgelopen weekend bij de Nicobaren eilanden.
Op de site van het Thai Meteorological Department onder de kop “earthquake report” geen melding van een aardbeving op Phuket
http://www.tmd.go.th
(op een of andere manier kan ik niet de link naar de engelstalige site plaatsen, boven het midden van de site kun je klikken op de engelse vlag)
Het rommelt aardig in de de regio van de Nicobaren en er zijn een aantal kleinere aardbevingen geweest.
Kijk op de site; earthquake.usgs.gov .Daar kun je zien waar en wanneer er een aardbeving is geweest.Er is ook een lijst met bevingen van de afgelopen dagen
Earthquake fears trigger memories of tsunami
Published: 14/06/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Phangnga residents have returned to their homes after a tsunami scare was triggered by a major earthquake off India’s Nicobar Islands.
The situation was declared normal yesterday and villagers at Ban Nam Khem in Takua Pa district - many of whom experienced the terror of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami - moved back to their homes in the seaside fishing village.
The National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) issued a tsunami warning early yesterday after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck under the Indian Ocean floor about 690 kilometres from Thailand.
The quake struck at 1.26am at a depth of 35 kilometres, with the epicentre about 160 kilometres west of the Nicobar Islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, based in Hawaii, initially issued a warning for the entire Indian Ocean region, but it was downgraded to a warning for India only when the magnitude of the quake was revised to 7.5 from 7.7. Later, the centre cancelled the alert altogether.
Alerted by reports that the alignment of the planets might cause a tsunami in Andaman coastal provinces, emergency evacuation drills were conducted in several coastal provinces in recent days.
Kongpop U-yen, a Thai engineer who works at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in the US, said the alignment of the planets on Saturday could cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
The theory was backed by former NDWC chief Smith Dharmasarojana, who said it was backed by scientific data.
The forecast, however, met with criticism from the scientific community.
Mr Kongpop said a solar eclipse was due to occur on Saturday night as a result of the alignment of the earth, the moon and the sun. The alignment would release considerable cumulative energy, which could affect the earth.
He said the phenomenon would have a direct impact on the earth in terms of climate disruption, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Indian Ocean islands were badly hit by the 2004 tsunami which was triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra and sent giant waves crashing across the region.
The 2004 tsunami killed more than 220,000 people, most of them in the northern Indonesian province of Aceh. Thousands of people were also killed in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and India. TNA AND AFP
*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *
Dhr. Kongpop zal ongetwijfeld degene zijn die de vriendin van georgessiam een tijdje terug op tv heeft gezien. Als ik dit zo lees heeft hij dmv de stand van de planeten aangegeven dat er mogelijk een natuurramp zou kunnen gebeuren…