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Australia To Build Tsunami Warning System
Australian will fund a tsunami warning centre aimed at preventing a repeat of the December 26 catastrophe that killed about 217,000 people on Indian Ocean coastlines, Treasurer Peter Costello said Tuesday. Costello said the system, which would upgrade the existing sea level gauge and seismic network, would warn people in coastal areas of incoming tsunami. The government would spend 68.9 million dollars (53.3 million US) in the next four years establishing the system, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said. "It will be one of the first Indian Ocean regional warning systems and will join the planned network of national systems which collectively will form the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System," they said in a statement. "Australia is surrounded by 8,000 kilometres of active tectonic plate boundary capable of generating tsunamis with the potential to reach our coastline within two to four hours. One-third of the earthquakes worldwide occur along these boundaries." Australian will also provide technical assistance to improve systems in Indian and Pacific Ocean nations, they said. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SinoDaily Search SinoDaily Subscribe To SinoDaily Express 
Geologists Find A New Active Fault In Nepal
Hanover NH (SPX) Apr 25, 2005A Dartmouth researcher is part of a team that has discovered a new active "thrust fault" at the base of the Himalaya in Nepal. |
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