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Phitsanulok quake a shock

Unexpected tremors interest experts

Officials examine new cracks on a building in Phichit after the earthquake last Thursday. (Photho: Sitthipoj Kebui)

The Department of Mineral Resources is studying whether to include a hidden fault responsible for tremors of 4.5 on the Richter scale in Phitsanulok and Pichit provinces that caused minor damage to houses, temples, schools and a hospital on a list of the country’s active fault lines.

Suvapak Imsamut, the department’s deputy chief and spokesman, on Monday told a press conference that the department is highly aware of the earthquake that rocked Phitsanulok and Pichit provinces in the North around midnight last Thursday.

“We have previously said that the…

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