…………………………………………………………………………. By: Amar Guriro | Published: March 23, 2011 KARACHI – A tsunami in the Arabian Sea can cause widespread destruction in Pakistan and in order to prevent the loss of property and around 400,000 human lives a buffer zone along the coast is needed, said International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional [...]
Tsunami Early Warning Centre, Sindh sent 33 minutes delayed SMS alert of 5.7 magnitude earthquake that generated on Monday Afternoon By: Amar Guriro | Published: March 22, 2011 KARACHI – The Sindh Tsunami Early Warning Centre might be equipped with sophisticated gadgets, but those responsible for sending warnings are perhaps a tad tardy – certainly [...]
*Tide gauge meters in disrepair, but fear not, (late) tsunami warnings will be sent on SMS By: Amar Guriro | Published: March 12, 2011 KARACHI – Three recently-installed advanced tide gauge meters along Sindh and Balochistan coast are in disrepair, and thus any alerts issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department are not based on real-time [...]
By Amar Guriro KARACHI: The absence of topographical models for the cities lying in the coastal belt of Sindh and Balochistan and the sea can result in heavy losses, oceanographic experts and seismologists have warned. The provinces of Sindh and Balochistan run a high risk for a possible tsunami due to the presence of the [...]
