Another minor tremor felt in Digana

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Another minor tremor was occurred at the Aluthwatta area in Digana, Kandy this morning, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said.

It said the tremor of magnitude 2 on the Richter scale was reported at around 5.41 this morning.

Apart from this, there have been similar tremors reported for the recent past from the same area and several other areas in the Central Province.

The Ministry of Environment appointed an expert committee to look into these earth tremors and they recently came out with their recommendations.

According to them, it is not possible to attribute the tremors to limestone quarrying although limestone is abundant in the area, but it requires further scientific research on the incident. (Sheain Fernandopulle)

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E Fernando Saturday, 05 December 2020 03:51 PM

looks like they are waiting again for tragedy to strike before mining is banned in that area

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Keheliya Saturday, 05 December 2020 05:10 PM

The earlier Expert Committee report has not served much purpose?

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Kumar Saturday, 05 December 2020 09:34 PM

Sri Lanka is sitting in the middle of the Indian tectonic plate and all seismic activity has to be due to local mining activities. Mostly major earthquakes occur at the edge of the plates like in California.

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wimal Sunday, 06 December 2020 04:12 AM

I suggest that they empty the Victoria reservoir and get down some experts from Japan and China to investigate the Dam ASAP without waiting for things to happen as in the case of Covid pandemic

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NA Sunday, 06 December 2020 10:17 AM

Exactly my thoughts. This doesn't look good.

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Manta Sunday, 06 December 2020 06:15 AM

Enapota hari nehe!

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