Tristan : Tristan Da Cunha: Vickey Hards to Return to the UK
Submitted by Tristan Times (Juanita Brock) 30.09.2004 (Current Article)
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has indicated that the seismic activity on Tristan Da Cunha is tailing off and the level of risk is low enough to justify remote monitoring. This is a Press Release from the St. Helena Government.
Tristan Da Cunha: Earth Tremors
The following information was received in a report from the Overseas
Territories Department (OTD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has indicated that the seismic
activity on Tristan Da Cunha is tailing off and the level of risk is low
enough to justify remote monitoring.
On the 10TH September a volcanologist Dr Vicky Hards arrived on Tristan.
She assessed the potential threat caused by the recent periods of
earthquake activity. Below are her main conclusions:
* There is no immediate threat to the Settlement: a significant
volcanic eruption in not imminent.
* The 29/30 July tremors were caused by pressure of rising magma on
the rocks below the seabed some 25km to the South East of Tristan.
* There is no sign of recent activity at the 1961 volcano site on the
Island.
In light of these conclusions, Dr Vicky Hards will leave the Island on 8th
October and return to the UK.
The BGS are developing software, which will allow them to accurately
analyse the information produced by the seismometers on Tristan. This
data will be monitored for the next four months, allowing them to assess
the longer-term implications.
The Administrator of Tristan has updated the Islands emergency planning
documents, which have been reviewed by Frank Savage, OTD adviser.
The Overseas Territories Department (OTD), the Conflict and Humanitarian
Affairs Department (CHAD) and the Ministry Of Defence (MOD) have revised
their disaster planning for Tristan da Cunha.
Public Relations/Information Officer, Office of the Chief Secretary,
29/9/04
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