Phitsanulok quake a shock

Experts are intrigued by sudden tremors.

Officials examine new cracks on a building in Phichit after the earthquake last Thursday. (Photho: Sitthipoj Kebui)
Following the earthquake last Thursday, authorities examine fresh holes on a tower in Phichit. Sitthipoj Kebui( Photho )

The Phitsanulok and Pichit provinces experienced tremors of 4.5 on the Richter scale, which resulted in slight damage to homes, temples, schools, and a medical. The Department of Mineral Resources is debating whether to add this problem to the record of the nation’s active fault lines.

The section is very aware of the earthquake that rocked the northern provinces of Phitsanulok and Pichit around midnight last Thursday, according to assistant chief and spokeswoman Suvapak Imsamut, who spoke at a press conference on Monday.

The hidden problem is still dormant, but we may need to add it to the effective fault list, though we must first wait for formal confirmation based on our study.

However, according to Mr. Suvapak, Phitsanulok state is now a green area under the Department of Public Works and Town & amp, Country Planning, indicating that it is in an area that is difficult and requires soft quake-led injury prevention measures.

The Bang Krathum neighborhood in Phitsanulok, which the ministry claimed hasn’t experienced a noise in 100 years, served as the earthquake’s centre, measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale.

Only 20 minutes after the major shock, just one tremor, recorded at 1.6 on the range, was found. Geologists were taken aback by the event because the 100-meter-deep fault had mostly never been seen before, he claimed.

According to section professional Suwit Kohsuwan, his team examined data from all 20 nearby earthquake measurement stations and discovered that the Phetchabun Mountains region is where the hidden fault runs north-south.

In order to determine the length of the problem line, the division has set up 26 smart earthquake measurement stations. This will provide information about the overall magnitude of upcoming events.

A much wrong will result in greater vibrations because the length is related to the scale of vibration, he claimed.

” Finding the mistake will not be simple, but we must because it is close to areas.

Although there have been documented spasms this era, the fault was mentioned more than 440 years ago in Ayutthaya during the reign of King Naresuan.

According to Mr. Suwit, the situation is specially” interesting” because it represents the first instance in which a hidden flaw has resulted in an reading of 4.5. He added that there had been destruction to 22 houses, temples, schools, and a clinic. Similar hidden faults typically merely score 1 to 2, he said.