Recent Earthquake in Phitsanulok Province: Updates and Preparedness Plans

2023-06-29 04:36:00

On June 29 at 10:30 a.m. at the Meteorological Department A press conference was held in case of an earthquake plan in Phitsanulok province. Ms. Chomphari Chomphurat, Director-General of the Meteorological Department, revealed that at 00.17 (Thailand time) on June 29, an earthquake occurred. The center point is in the area of ​​Phai Lom Subdistrict, Bang Krathum District, Phitsanulok Province, at 16.228 degrees north latitude, 100.368 degrees east longitude, 4.5 inches in size, and a depth of 5 kilometers. The tremor was reported in Phitsanulok, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan and Nakhon Sawan provinces. At all, after the incident, the Department of Industry have notified the information to relevant agencies along with alerts to the media and the public through various media of the Meteorological Department both twitter Facebook within 17 minutes after the earthquake.

“After coordinating with various agencies Now the governor of the affected provinces I have ordered to set up a vol room. to follow Watch out The Earthquake Surveillance Division of the Thai Meteorological Department There will be thinking according to the data report from time to time. Initially, there was no aftershock to follow. And there have been no reports of any damage. The impact is not very strong. and the center does not exist in urban areas. I can only feel the trembling. With about 144 people reporting in, most of them will report that they have been shaken and feel the vibration. but was not informed that there were cracks in the building or that there is damage to the building.”

Ms. Chomparee continued that for the fault lines that occurred in this earthquake plan from the synchronization with the Department of Mineral Resources Found that it was a fault that had never appeared before. and not in the survey of the Department of Mineral Resources Is a line across the southwest and Northeast which is parallel to the Phetchabun mountain range, which the Department of Mineral Resources will be the agency that will conduct the survey again and find out the cause of this earthquake by the Department of Meteorology will be an agency that monitors and alerts the public

“I would like to publicize it with the public through the Meteorological Department. has joined with LINE Thailand To use the LINE application to notify LINE Alert in the event of an earthquake. or a storm in heavy rain which will send a message in the morning to warn as a pop-up in the app by being able to add friends Alert account in LINE to receive real-time alerts. This will be convenient for receiving information because Thai people already use LINE a lot.”

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