On July 6, 65, Ms. Chompari Chompurat, Director-General of the Meteorological Department reveal the earthquake situation Andaman Islands India that the Earthquake Surveillance Division meteorological department Has reported detection of earthquakes of magnitude 4.0-4.9 that occurred from July 4, 65 at 12.35 pm to the present (6 July 65 at 4 pm), 32 times, with a center away from Thailand in the area. Phang Nga Province, about 500 kilometers is an earthquake event called earthquake swarm that has the appearance of A large number of small to moderate ‘seismic clusters’ occurring in close proximity to each other over a short period of time occur along the expansion of the Andaman Ocean floor characterized by normal slip.
Director-General of the Meteorological Department said that this type of earthquake can occur continuously It can last for weeks or months. Ask the people not to worry at all. Although the earthquake that occurred in the sea this time It is located about 500 kilometers from Phuket and Phang Nga provinces. It is expected that it will not affect the people. because it is a small earthquake group And from the earthquake mechanism does not cause a tsunami. will closely monitor the situation and report further
Mr. Buntham Lertsukhikasem, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said he had upgraded the readiness of people in six provinces, increasing the frequency of testing alerts from every Wednesday to every day. Practice tasks and alerts Ask people to be confident in Thailand’s tsunami monitoring and surveillance system that it is still complete. and has been prepared to deal with 24 hours a day