BANGKOK, July 2 – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has distributed some 60,000 health masks to local residents in five southern provinces as smog from Indonesian forest fires has blanketed the region. Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said that smog, an annual occurrence from forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra has covered five provinces in southern […]
SONGKHLA, 2 July 2012 (NNT) – Smoke plumes caused by seasonal wildfires burning across Sumatra Island are now covering several southern provinces of Thailand, including Songkhla, Satun, Yala and Narathiwat. The thick haze shrouding parts of Thailand’s southern region has caused poor visibility, leading to disruption to sea traffic in Songkhla province. Fishermen in the […]
SONGKHLA, June 23 – Residents living in hise-rise buildings in this southern province and Phuket reportedly felt the impact from a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Saturday. However, no damages have been reported so far, according to Wanchai Sakudomchai, director of Southern Meteorological Center (East Coast) Songkhla, […]
PHUKET, 18 April 2012 (NNT) – A geologist has indicated that the recent tremors in Phuket province had been sparked by last week’s 8.6-magnitude Sumatra quake, while also pointing out that the two major fault lines in the South of Thailand must be monitored closely. The Environmental Geology and Geohazard Bureau Director Lertsin Raksaskulwong said […]
National Disaster Warning Center on Monday said a quake hit Thailand on Monday and the epicenter was in Phuket’s Thalang district. Acting director Burin Wetchbantoeng said that an earthquake of 4.3 on the Richter scale hit in Phuket at 4.44pm with epicenter at Thalang district, while another quake, a 5.4-magnitude, west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra […]
Local residents in island province of Phuket ran in panic out of buildings and houses on Monday after a moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s off west coast of Indonesia’s northern Sumatra island. The quake struck at 4.46pm Bangkok time, according to Thai Meteorlogical Department. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 (NNT) – Three Andaman coastal areas in Thailand now at risk of being attacked by a tsunami are Phuket, Phra Thong and Tarutao Islands after an 8.9-magnitude quake hit off the coast of the nearby Sumatra Island today. Spokesman of the Department of Mineral Resources, Adichart Surinkham, says there have not […]
The U.S. Geological Survey says an 8.6-magnitude earthquake has struck off the northwestern coast of Indonesia, raising tsunami alerts throughout the Indian Ocean region. The quake hit about 430 kilometers southwest of Banda Aceh, the provincial capital and largest city in the province of Aceh, at an estimated depth of 22 kilometers. An 8.2-magnitude aftershock […]
