SINGAPOREANS ARE WORRY........MALAYSIANS ARE NOT SO WORRY....THEY THINK WORST WILL NOT COME TO THEM...........???AS USUAL, MALAYSIANS NEVER USE HEADS TO THINK IF WORST IS COMING, THEIR CONDO, APARTMENT, ....GONE TO HOLLAND, WHAT SHALL THEY DO?????HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT???
Professor Kerry Sieh, professor of Geology, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, said: "It's definitely getting worse. The earthquake sequence began in 2000 with a 7.9 about 800 km away from the south of Singapore. You haven't felt this big of a sequence of earthquakes that is many large earthquakes for at least 175 years."
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Re: Singaporeans feel tremor from strong earthquake - 01-10-2009, 12:21 PM
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is singapore really that safe as was initially presumed all this time? should our buildings be built with earthquake proof structures in mind or maybe wait for something disastrous to happen before this government might want so start thinking about it? maybe when the disaster aactually really happens and then someone might surface to repeat his infamous sentence it has happened, what to do?
http://school.discoveryeducation.com...rthquakeproof/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...008370/1/.html
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You know, in geography we were taught about plate tectonic movements etc...and it is often assumed since Singapore is not situated on a plate, we are safe from earthquakes. Now, I didn't do very well in geography, but i think tectonic plates (a) grow in size; (b) shift their locations with every quake right? So can we say over the centuries or so, these are moving closer and closer to us, hence larger and more frequent tremors felt? This time even people in M'sia felt it, and it's a 7.6 quake. Imagine one that is 8...
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feel e Earth move, under my feet, i feel e world's ending time...YET, DAVID GAN STILL COMPLAIN about shop not wanting to open to do his & Ziyi shopping!!! & can't wait to see REAL KARMA HAPPEN TO THIS ISLAND then his mentioned of ONLY 'money karma' to all his good friends!
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Think Singapore is safe from quakes?
Distance may not guarantee safety, going by past cases
Christopher Tan, Straits Times 12 Sep 08;
Dr Spranger also pointed out that cities sited away from tremor-prone zones are not necessarily immune to the devastating effects of earthquakes.
He cited the case of Mexico City. 'In 1985, a quake occurred off the Mexican coast. About 300km away in Mexico City, buildings collapsed, and there were 10,000 fatalities.
'Between the coast and Mexico City, you didn't feel the earthquake.'
In Singapore's case, the Republic is vulnerable to certain shockwaves that can travel long distances, he said.
'Only the long waves arrive and they affect mostly high-rise buildings and especially those built on reclaimed land.
'In that respect, the risk has changed because Singapore has a lot more high-rise buildings on reclaimed land now.'
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If what the experts said is true, it is very scary for people living in Singapore. The amount of tremors and strength was even much stronger than past experiences. The question now is, when will it hit us real hard or will it ever affect us. I hope our leaders and our local experts will tell us the truth. Our casualties will really be very high especially when 90% of us are living in highrise apartments or working in beautiful tall office buildings.
live the dreams
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每一年,我国都会面对至少一次的"高楼大震动"..........
一年两三次也有过,不过,每次过了大家又不当一回事!!!
很少人愿意去思考..........万一发生了大件事,有至少几座高楼出现大裂痕.....或斜了........
高楼价格大跌...........你会如何是好???
思考一下.....万一......
预料在未来3年内会有大件事发生............当然不一定是高楼大厦斜了.......但是,如果发生了,你如何应付自如???
请回到标题的启示!!!
