Utara Sumatera Di Serang pada kadar 7.4..

Dua kali gegaran kuat berlaku di sekitar Sumatera Utara. Yang paling kuat pada kadar 7.4 pada tengah hari tadi waktu tempatan di kedalaman 60km mengikut EMSC.  Gegaran ini juga banyak dirasai di sekitar lembah kelang.

Tempat belaku ini lebih kurang 289km dari bandar Acheh. Penduduk di sekitar kawasan ini dianggarkan hampir 400,000, mungkin terdedah dengan kejadian ini. Gambar adalah dari USGS.

Marilah sama-sama kita doakan agar saudara-saudara seagama kita di sana dilindungi oleh Yang Maha Esa. Insya Allah.

Petikan dari EMSC: Gempa Terkini hari ini..

Date & Time UTC	Latitude degrees		Longitude degrees		Depth km		Mag.		Region name	Last update
2010-05-09  11:55:16.7	35.69	N	27.87	E	30		ML	2.6	DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE	2010-05-09 12:21
2010-05-09  11:38:48.7	1.36	S	119.22	E	10		mb	4.9	SULAWESI, INDONESIA	2010-05-09 11:57
2010-05-09  10:42:52.6	27.62	N	115.14	W	10	f	mb	5.0	OFFSHORE BAJA CALIF. SUR, MEXICO	2010-05-09 11:16
2010-05-09  10:40:01.3	33.29	N	18.04	W	12		ML	3.6	MADEIRA ISLANDS, PORTUGAL REGION	2010-05-09 11:10
2010-05-09  09:29:24.3	39.27	N	27.68	E	9		MD	2.9	WESTERN TURKEY	2010-05-09 09:39
2010-05-09  09:06:03.7	34.74	N	24.74	E	40		ML	3.2	CRETE, GREECE	2010-05-09 09:32
2010-05-09  06:54:29.6	34.27	S	73.25	W	28		mb	4.6	OFF COAST OF O'HIGGINS, CHILE	2010-05-09 07:35
2010-05-09  06:23:36.1	35.74	N	21.79	E	10		ML	3.6	CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA	2010-05-09 06:29
2010-05-09  05:59:44.4	3.68	N	96.05	E	60		Mw	7.4	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA	2010-05-09 06:19
2010-05-09  05:55:46.7	42.49	N	43.84	E	2		ML	3.1	GEORGIA (SAK'ART'VELO)	2010-05-09 07:34
2010-05-09  04:58:18.2	8.64	S	129.13	E	74		mb	4.5	KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA	2010-05-09 06:47
2010-05-09  04:55:32.0	36.55	N	9.77	W	31		ML	2.0	WEST OF GIBRALTAR	2010-05-09 05:04
2010-05-09  03:58:25.2	40.10	N	34.66	E	2		ML	3.5	CENTRAL TURKEY	2010-05-09 06:45
2010-05-09  03:51:44.7	35.08	N	26.52	E	4		ML	2.8	CRETE, GREECE	2010-05-09 11:55
2010-05-09  03:34:43.0	40.68	N	29.28	E	16		MD	3.1	WESTERN TURKEY	2010-05-09 03:49
2010-05-09  03:29:37.9	33.97	S	72.06	W	24		mb	4.9	OFFSHORE O'HIGGINS, CHILE	2010-05-09 06:44
2010-05-09  03:10:09.9	27.08	N	54.84	E	2		ML	4.0	SOUTHERN IRAN	2010-05-09 06:43
2010-05-09  02:59:28.3	38.33	N	21.83	E	11		ML	2.5	GREECE	2010-05-09 11:33
2010-05-09  02:28:57.2	37.18	N	3.73	W	2		ML	2.7	SPAIN	2010-05-09 03:02
2010-05-09  02:02:41.3	8.24	S	129.02	E	70		mb	5.5	KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA	2010-05-09 06:42
2010-05-09  00:58:40.3	38.34	N	20.35	E	6		ML	2.5	GREECE	2010-05-09 11:00
2010-05-09  00:52:25.1	42.64	N	9.10	W	10		ML	2.5	SPAIN	2010-05-09 06:39
2010-05-09  00:35:05.5	34.92	N	24.39	E	2		ML	2.8	CRETE, GREECE	2010-05-09 10:36
2010-05-09  00:17:13.0	35.09	N	24.29	E	6		ML	2.5	CRETE, GREECE	2010-05-09 00:23
2010-05-09  00:07:28.0	35.80	N	21.72	E	9		ML	2.5	CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA	2010-05-09 00:14

Peru Di Serang Pada Kadar 6.7 pagi ini...

Mengikut USGS, Negara Peru dikejutkan dengan gempa bumi pagi ini dengan kekuatan 6.4 (mengikut EMC pada 6.7) di kedalaman 10km. Gerun juga tu. Berita lain tak keluar lagi hanya catatan ringkas oleh USGS dan EMC seperti dibawah:

Rekod USGS:

M 3.3, Baja California, Mexico	May 05 14:38:06 PDT 2010
M 3.3, Baja California, Mexico	May 05 14:39:32 PDT 2010
M 2.7, Central Alaska	May 05 15:04:16 PDT 2010
M 3.0, St. Lawrence Valley region, Quebec, Canada	May 05 15:19:17 PDT 2010
M 3.2, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico	May 05 15:37:49 PDT 2010
M 2.6, Southern California	May 05 16:38:38 PDT 2010
M 2.5, Northern California	May 05 18:33:02 PDT 2010
M 6.4, southern Peru	May 05 19:42:44 PDT 2010
M 2.6, Baja California, Mexico	May 05 20:02:46 PDT 2010

Manakala rekod EMC

Date & Time UTC	Latitude degrees		Longitude degrees		Depth km		Mag.		Region name
2010-05-06  02:42:44.4	18.00	S	70.57	W	10		mb	6.7	OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
2010-05-06  02:31:22.5	39.03	N	22.22	E	1		ML	2.5	GREECE
2010-05-06  02:18:50.0	38.28	N	43.49	E	15		MD	3.0	EASTERN TURKEY
2010-05-06  02:15:44.8	36.95	N	29.33	E	7		MD	2.9	WESTERN TURKEY
2010-05-06  01:18:10.6	37.15	N	42.82	E	2		MD	3.2	TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION
2010-05-06  00:52:50.2	39.03	N	21.85	E	5		ML	2.5	GREECE
2010-05-06  00:03:02.4	39.32	N	40.80	E	2		MD	3.1	EASTERN TURKEY

Untuk Makluman: Baru Kembali dari Jogja..

Saya baru kembali dari Jogja petang ini. Pergi ke sana untuk 'loading' perabot jati di Jepara. Selesai me'loading' barang ke dalam kontena saya pun berangkat  ke Jogja dan bermalam di sana satu malam. Insya Allah nanti akan ditulis kenangan di sana di dalam blog ini. Perabot  itu nanti dijangka akan tiba di Kota Bharu dalam masa 10 hari lagi.

Terima kasih

Kronologi Limbang : Siri 2 : Setahun Kemudian...

Lebih Setahun kemudian...
Isu ini berbangkit semula. ia dibangkit oleh Che Det dengan menuduh Dolah Bedawi menyebabkan Petronas kerugian lebih dari US$100bil kerana kontrak Blok L dan Blok M ditamatkan. Blok itu, bukan lagi milik Malaysia. Ia adalah mangsa pertukaran dengan Limbang.  Dah sekarang jadi pertengkaran pula. masing-masing kata mereka yang betul. Elok rasanya Pak Agus memanggil kedua-dua mantan Menteri perdana ni ke rancangan 'Hujah' TV9.

Wallahualam!
Cerita terbaru yang dipetik dari The Star Online adalah keluaran Sabtu, 1 Mei 2010.

Saturday May 1, 2010
Pak Lah refutes claims it was a deal with Brunei in ‘exchange’ for Limbang

PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has refuted claims by his predecessor that he signed away Malaysia’s rights to potential oil revenue in the South China Sea to Brunei. Abdullah, who signed an Exchange of Letters with Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Feb 16 last year, said the agreement allowed Malaysia to join in the exploration of petroleum resources from two areas known as Blocks L and M. He said he signed the agreement after the Malaysian Cabinet approved the deal on Feb 11. While the agreement stated that the sovereign rights of the resources in the two areas belonged to Brunei, he said it also included a commercial arrangement where Malaysia would be allowed to participate on a commercial basis to jointly develop the oil and gas resources in the area for 40 years. “This means that in so far as the oil and gas resources are concerned, the agreement is not a loss for Malaysia,” he said in a statement yesterday. Abdullah was responding to a blog posting by Tun Dr Mahathir Moha­mad, entitled “Malaysia’s Genero­sity”, which asked why the two blocks no longer belonged to Malaysia.

Dr Mahathir said the two blocks had been claimed by Malaysia based on historical facts and Petronas had accordingly entered into a production sharing contract with US-based Murphy Oil to start drilling to produce oil. He said the estimated reserves in the two blocks amounted to almost one billion barrels. Dr Mahathir said Abdullah had negotiated with the Sultan to get back Limbang, which was claimed by Brunei but, in return, surrendered the two blocks to Brunei. Dr Mahathir said Abdullah had also announced that the “Limbang Question” was settled but this was denied by Brunei the following day. The blog was posted after a statement by Murphy Oil on April 21 saying its production sharing contracts covering Blocks L and M which Brunei refers to as Blocks K and J respectively awarded by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in 2003 were formally terminated by a letter dated April 7 this year. It said this was the result of Petronas informing it that the two blocks were no longer part of Malaysia. On Brunei’s denial that the Limbang Question was settled, Abdullah said the two countries had agreed to undertake a joint survey to demarcate the agreed boundary. He said firstly, the joint survey would confirm on the ground the boundary in five sectors which had already been established by previous agreements in 1920, 1931, 1933 (two agreements) and in 1930. Secondly, he said in the other sectors where no land boundary agreement existed, the joint survey would determine the land boundary based on the watershed principle. “When the entire boundary demarcation exercise is completed, there will be establised a final and permanent boundary between Sarawak on the Malaysian side and Brunei on the other side,” Abdullah added.

dan cerita dari Petronas pula:
Published: Saturday May 1, 2010 MYT 9:32:00 AM 
Updated: Saturday May 1, 2010 MYT 9:33:19 AM 
Petronas clarifies on the two oil-rich blocks

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas has been invited by the government of Brunei to enter into an agreement to develop the two blocks of oil rich areas in the South China Sea on a commercial arrangement basis. In a statement here on Saturday, the national oil company said it had since set up a team that had begun negotiations with Brunei to work out the terms of this commercial arrangement. "Both parties are committed to arriving at a mutually beneficial arrangement as soon as possible," it said. Petronas said it also wished to clarify reports on the offshore exploration areas designated as Blocks L and M following the execution of the Exchange of Letters between Malaysia and Brunei on March 16, 2009. "This exchange was a culmination of a long-standing issue between the two countries to arrive at a mutually beneficial arrangement, which allowed Petronas to enter into new production sharing contracts for both blocks. "Petronas confirms that following the exchange of letters, the production sharing contracts covering Blocks L and M, which were awarded in 2003 to Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd and Murphy Sabah Oil Co Ltd were formally terminated on April 7 this year as these are no longer part of Malaysia. "Blocks L and M are redesignated as Blocks CA1 and CA2 respectively," it said. The controversy over the two blocks have arisen after former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had in a blog posting asked why the two blocks no longer belonged to Malaysia. Dr Mahathir said the two blocks had been claimed by Malaysia based on historical facts. In response, former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had refuted claims that he signed away Malaysia's rights over the two blocks. Abdullah had said that he signed the agreement after the Malaysian Cabinet approved the deal on Feb 11, which stated that while sovereign rights over these two areas belonged to Brunei, it also allowed Malaysia to participate in jointly developing the areas for 40 years.

Cerita Limbang ni macam nak sorot sesuatu aje....

Kronologi Limbang : Siri 1 : Berlaku pada 17 Mac 2009

Cerita Limbang telah lama diperkata. sejak zaman berzaman lagi. Tut tut isu nya telah selesai, sempena lawatan Dollah Bedawi ke Brunei. Baca Petikan The Star Online keluaran Selasa, 17 Mac 2009. 
Tuesday March 17, 2009 
Brunei drops claim over Limbang district, says Abdullah 
By LEONG SHEN LI
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei has officially dropped its long-standing claim over Sarawak’s Limbang district after the two countries resolved various land and maritime territory disputes. “Brunei has decided to drop the Limbang issue and as a result, Limbang is part of Malaysian territory,” Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced to Malaysian media. The resolution of the disputes were sealed via the signing of the Letters of Exchange by Abdullah and the Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman here yesterday.

A new era: Abdullah (second from left) and Sultan Hassanal 

exchanging the Letters of Exchange that mark the end of 
the territorial dispute.

Looking on is Dr Rais (left) and Brunei Foreign Minister Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah. — Bernama

The other disputes include over where the maritime boundary between the two countries in the South China Sea should run, the rights to exploit potentially rich oil deposits in the disputed maritime territory, the right of movement by Malaysian vessels over Brunei waters and the demarcation of the common boundary of the two countries. The dispute over Limbang can be traced back to the cession of the territory by Brunei to Sarawak’s White Rajahs in 1890. The cession had been strongly disputed by the Sultanate which regarded the transfer as annexation by Sarawak. Yesterday, Abdullah thanked the Sultan for the resolution of the various disputes, especially that of Limbang. He said bilateral relations between the two countries would now enter a new era.Abdullah and the Sultan said in a joint statement that they had reached agreement over the maritime boundaries between the two countries in the South China Sea.

They also agreed to establish a “commercial arrangement area” where oil and gas revenue in the disputed area would be shared between the two nations. How much each country would get was not disclosed. The two sides also agreed to the existence of “unsuspendable rights of maritime access” which guaranteed the right of movement by Malaysian vessels through Brunei territorial waters provided Brunei’s laws and regulations are observed. Lastly, the Letters of Exchange also established the methods to demarcate the land boundary between the two countries. The negotiations over the agreements, which began in 1995, took 39 rounds of talks to reach the resolution. The dispute over maritime territory arose out of a 1979 map published by Malaysia which indicated that all deep-sea territorial waters off the coast of Brunei belonged to Malaysia. The latest dispute over maritime territory occurred in 2003 when Malaysia and Brunei awarded petroleum production-sharing contracts for four exploration blocks to different companies in the disputed area, close to where a 440 million-barrel discovery had been made the year before. Following the dispute, both countries agreed to stop drilling activities in the area.

dan lagi...

Tuesday March 17, 2009
Win-win situation for Brunei and Malaysia

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The resolution of the question over the ownership of Limbang will enable several projects in the Sarawak district that also benefit Brunei, to proceed, Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said. He said this included the construction of a hydroelectric dam across the Sungai Limbang where electricity could be supplied to Brunei. “This will bring Sarawak and Brunei closer together,” he told a press conference at the Malaysian High Commission here yesterday.
Abdul Taib was part of the Malaysian delegation led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the signing of the Letters of Exhange which resolves various disputes between Malaysia and Brunei. On whether the resolution of the Limbang issue would bring about easier access between the district and the rest of Sarawak, Abdul Taib said the problem had more to do with finding a convenient practice for immigration and customs checks. He said the two countries had already agreed to using identity cards instead of passports and further fine-tuning of the procedures could enable easier passage of people through checkpoints on the Brunei-Malaysia border.
Limbang’s road network is cut off from the rest of Sarawak and those travelling to the district have to pass through two border checkpoints.

Ini cerita semasa kita ada kuasa. Semua yang dibuat molek dan baik belaka. Waktu itu mereka ini juga tidak terfikir ada perkara yang bakal diungkitkan kemudian berhubung isu ini apabila kuasa tidak bersama kita lagi. Lihat episod Limbang seterusnya.

Tapi yang peliknya dua hari kemudian pihak Brunei menafikannya. Lihat petikan berita daripada MySinchew.com dibawah:

Brunei Denies Limbang Story

2009-03-19 17:02

PETALING JAYA: Brunei has denied that it has dropped its claim on Limbang in Sarawak. It says the issue was not even discussed at last Monday’s (17 March) deliberations between the two countries. Both the Brunei-based papers, The Borneo Bulletin and the Brunei Times Wednesday (18 March) quoted Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Awg Lim Jock Seng, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, as saying claims on Limbang were never discussed during Monday's deliberations between Brunei and Malaysia. He was responding to YB Dato Paduka Hj Puasa bin Orang Kaya Seri Pahlawan Tudin's query on the contents of the "Letter of Exchange" signed between Brunei and Malaysia, which also touched on Brunei's claims over Limbang at the Legislative Council meeting Tuesday (16 March). Pehin Lim said there were certain press reports Wednesday claiming that Brunei has dropped claims over Limbang. "In actual fact, the claim on Limbang was never discussed. What was discussed was the demarcation of land boundaries on the whole," he said.

"The joint press statement issued Wednesday (17 Mar) mentioned that the demarcation of the land boundaries between the two countries will be resolved on the basis of five existing historical agreements between the Government of Brunei and the State of Sarawak, and, as appropriate, the watershed principle.
"After that a working group comprising general surveyors of the two countries will follow with the technical aspect to solve the land border issue," Pehin Lim added. His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi held a four-eye meeting at the Istana Nurul Iman on Monday and signed the Exchange of Letters to mark the successful conclusion of negotiations.

The negotiations have been ongoing for many years on outstanding bilateral issues between the two countries with regard to historical, legal and other relevant criteria involving both sides, the reports said.
The reports said that both sides noted the agreement of their respective governments on the key elements contained in the Exchange of Letters, which included the final delimitation of maritime boundaries between Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia, the establishment of Commercial Agreement Area (CAA) on oil and gas, the modalities for the final demarcation of the land boundary between Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia and unsuspendable rights of maritime access for nationals and residents of Malaysia across Brunei's maritime zones en route to and from their destination in Sarawak, Malaysia provided that Brunei's laws and regulations are observed.

In a separate report, the Borneo Bulletin said local media was not allowed into the press conference called by the Malaysian Prime Minister. “Local media representatives were earlier barred from attending the press conference. The visit itinerary didn't state it was an exclusive affair,” the report said. “The exclusive press briefing held for the Malaysian media in Brunei on Monday following the signing of Letters of Exchange (LOE) apparently generated the latest controversy over Limbang.” It said the issue about Brunei dropping its territorial claim on Limbang has caused a stir among members of the public as questions are being asked over the veracity about this claim. “Malaysian media have widely reported Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as saying that Brunei has dropped its claim on Limbang. This statement was made at a press conference on Monday at the Malaysian High Commission exclusively for the Malaysian media.” It said though no official copies of the LOE were made available, the five main points that were highlighted mostly involved the demarcation of boundaries between the two countries and that the Malaysian media quoting their Prime Minister reported that Brunei has decided to give up all claims on Limbang. “What is rather puzzling in hindsight is about why the Brunei media was not permitted to cover the press briefing. When Borneo Bulletin as well as state media persons went to cover the press conference, they were politely shunted out saying that it was 'exclusive' for the Malaysian media,” the report said. (MySinchew)

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