Catastrophes awaiting mankind
Dear Sir,
This is with reference to the article regarding the next big quake to hit South Asia (Gulf Times, August 26). World-class geologists and famous seismic institutions have over the past 20 years warned us of the approaching catastrophes awaiting mankind. The evidence is overwhelming. The Cascadia subduction zone and the Saint Andreas Fault line off Americas west coast will rupture in a 9m mega quake. These long fault lines have the capacity to produce a mega quake, remember San Francisco in 1906.
Scientists from the National Research Institute of India and Stansford University analysed the fault that separates the Asian and Intercontinental plates. The report accurately predicted a mega quake in Nepal. The report, published in 2012, predicted 40,000 deaths accompanied by landslides and painted a picture of utter devastation. The findings were ignored.
The images of the Main Himalayan Thrust fault shows that a segment if it dips downwards by 15 degrees. Simon Klemperer, professor of geophysics, at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco on December 7, 2012, revealed evidence of measured ground movements, by placing seismometers close together in one area. He concluded that an earthquake would start at the top off the sloping segment. This is in central Nepal, where Khatmandu is. He predicted an 8m earthquake, what we saw was a 7.8 quake as Mount Everest exploded.
A superquake could also erupt in the USA where the Yellow Stone park is located. This area, the whole park 85km by 45km, is one massive reservoir of magma. It erupts with a near-clockwork cycle every 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago. It will erupt in a cataclysmic event. Magma would be flung 50km into the atmosphere. Within a thousand kilometre all life would be killed by falling ash, lava flows and the sheer force of the eruption. It would be the loudest noise heard by humankind. What will follow, will be called a nuclear winter.
Farouk Araie, Johannesburg
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