Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side.

Hua Hin general discussion, observations and chat. Hua Hin topics that don't really fit anywhere else.
deepee
Guru
Guru
Posts: 544
Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:06 pm
Location: here and there

Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side

Post by deepee »

Just watching this mornings news where a number of people are missing presumed dead after a land slide in a big limestone quarry in southern petchaburi. The report stated the land slide was due to a recent spate of blasting followed by rain in the area. Wonder if this was the source of the booms. Vision showed some huge lumps of rock as big as a house lying around the blast face, must have user some big crackers to get that sized stuff to move.
Complexity is so simply overrated
User avatar
uncle tom
Ace
Ace
Posts: 1044
Joined: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:59 pm
Location: Cambridge, England

Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side

Post by uncle tom »

The army disposing of old ordnance might make a lot of noise, but it is unlikely to cause damaging ground tremors, as such operations are normally conducted on the surface, with minimal ground disturbance. If there is a clear line of sight, shock waves through the air can damage brittle materials such as glass and plaster.

Quarrying seems a much more likely culprit for what has been reported.

It is not impossible for shock waves from quarrying operations to travel significant distances through dense rock formations, but soft terrain such as sand and mud very quickly damps them.

Given the variable geology of HH, it would not be very surprising if some people felt vibrations, whilst others closer to the source felt nothing at all.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly...
User avatar
JimmyGreaves
Legend
Legend
Posts: 2913
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:06 am
Location: HuaEireHin

Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side

Post by JimmyGreaves »

Isn't that place a galaxy away from Bo Fai?
Diplomacy is the ability to tell a man to go to hell so that he looks forward to making the trip
User avatar
Bristolian
Deceased
Deceased
Posts: 3128
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:38 pm
Location: Hua Hin & Bangkok

Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side

Post by Bristolian »

JimmyGreaves wrote:Isn't that place a galaxy away from Bo Fai?
Luke,

Indeed, if it came from southern Petchaburi "the force was strong" and "came from a galaxy far, far away!" :laugh:
"'The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain
Post Reply