A Karonga based friend of mine has informed me that people are fleeing from earthquake hit Karonga in fear of a new quake which has been rumored to occur either today around 20.00hrs (Malawi time) or tomorrow the 24th of December 2009. He says people are running for their dear lives to destinations such as Mzuzu and Chitipa, some up to Blantyre or Lilongwe.
People fleeing from earthquake hit Karonga
Buses cashing in on the quake rumor
Relocation triggered by quake rumors
Quake rumors in Karonga, Malawi
My view is, however, that these rumors are false and baseless as earthquakes are unpredictable.The fact that these rumors do not tell clearly the date and time of occurrence of the new quake just confirms that they are lies from misguided individuals (and the father of lies) who are bent on confusing the people of Karonga even more in these difficult times.
Even developed countries such as Japan, which frequently experience earthquakes, have not yet developed technologies that can predict earthquakes hours or days away from their occurrence. All rumor-mongers should, therefore, keep quiet.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWhenever such disasters strike, rumor mongering goes into top gear so that unscrupulous elements can benefit from vacated homes. I hope that this is not the case in Malawi.
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These photos are much more expressive than any words! Thanks for sharing!
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chris says:
January 4th, 2010 at 7:45 am
These photos show nothing about the quake. I live in Karonga and this is usual every scenes of what happens every day at the bus station when there is no quake.
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