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Original Post Date: 2003-12-07 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 12/7/2003 3:15:58 PM
SA: Cape Town warned to prepare for earthquake
[Note. Earthquakes are rare in this part of the world. A friend of mine was in Cape Town in the 1960’s when there was a small quake. In his panic he jumped out of the first floor window of the university library he was at!! Since our buildings are not prepared for quakes, even a small quake would probably cause considerable damage. Jan]
Cape Town yesterday marked the anniversary of the last major earthquake that shook the city, in 1809, as authorities warned it should prepare for a repeat.
“Earthquakes are rare but remain a real threat for Cape Town,” the city’s disaster management services said.
“Increased public awareness of this hazard is needed.”
The epicentre of the 1809 quake, which had an estimated magnitude of 6,5 on the Richter scale, was thought to lie on the Milnerton Fault.
The fault runs in a south-easterly direction from about 8km offshore of the Koeberg nuclear power station, beneath the Milnerton area and across the Cape Flats.
The small earthquake that was felt in Cape Town on May 19 this year was almost certainly also caused by renewed movement on this same structure.
It was “highly probable” that another moderate or strong earthquake would occur close to Cape Town, although it was impossible to predict exactly when this might occur.
An event of similar magnitude to the 1809 earthquake would result in far greater destruction today, due to the larger number and size of the buildings, the greater infrastructure and the increased population density of the Cape Town area.
Apart from the obvious large structures in the commercial centres such as Milnerton, Bellville and central Cape Town, the extensive newly-urbanised sectors of the Cape Flats in Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha are thought to straddle the Milnerton Fault.
Disaster management said it had identified earthquake risk as one of the focus areas for its disaster management plan. – Sapa.
Source: Pretoria News
URL: http://www.pretorianews.co.za/index.php?fSect…br>