Earthquakes:
Afghanistan is not new
to earthquake, Geophysicists claim that the region around the Hindu Kush is
prone to earthquakes, due to near collision of the Eurasian and Indian plates. The
strongest recorded earthquake till date to have hit the region was on March 14
1965, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. Afghanistan interior Ministry
claimed that no casualties and financial damages were reported. Shakes were felt
in North West India and Pakistan.
- v Magnitude 7.8
- v P-wave Magnitude 6.9
- v Surface-wave magnitude 7.3
- v Focal Depth 219 KM
- v Latitude 36.2999
- v Longitude 70.699997
Achievements
so far
v Organized
Workshops on Policy dialogue on Disaster Risk Reduction at provincial levels
v Community Awareness raised with the cooperation UNAMA and UN Habitat
v Establishing of Training Center for Disaster Management with the cooperation of INWENT
v Disaster Information Management System set up with cooperation of AIMS
v National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) working 24 hours
v Emergency communication system set up between NEOC and all Provinces
v Website DDP launched with the cooperation of AIMS
v Training workshops were held for developing ministerial, provincial and district level disaster management plans with cooperation of SEEDS, India.
v Held disaster management training courses at National and Provincial levels with cooperation of INWENT and ADPC
v Community Awareness raised with the cooperation UNAMA and UN Habitat
v Establishing of Training Center for Disaster Management with the cooperation of INWENT
v Disaster Information Management System set up with cooperation of AIMS
v National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) working 24 hours
v Emergency communication system set up between NEOC and all Provinces
v Website DDP launched with the cooperation of AIMS
v Training workshops were held for developing ministerial, provincial and district level disaster management plans with cooperation of SEEDS, India.
v Held disaster management training courses at National and Provincial levels with cooperation of INWENT and ADPC
I knew that Afghanistan is sort of a hotspot for seismic activity but I am curious as to how much that activity is effected by explosions( in constant war zones specifically). Like, with fracking, I wonder how risky it is to shake the ground on or near an active fault zone.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting question. A scientist would probably say 'no', at least 'not caused' by them. Looking at quakes maps before and after bombing, there is not obvious relationship (there are no more quakes after the bombing occurs). I also think we do not know enough about quakes...
ReplyDeletehttp://geology.about.com/cs/eq_hazards/a/aa033102a.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1137/downloads/pdf/OF07-1137_508.pdf