So now scientific proof that it is NOT climate change that we will soon see Marine Parade going back to the sea?
Should our Climate Change conspiracy theorist MP sepuku now for misleading the whole country and wasting billions of dollars
on her quest to be buddy with her WOKE and DEI politicians in EU?
Large earthquakes in Asia can cause land in Singapore to sink gradually, a new NTU study found.
Researchers say the ground can shift by several millimetres annually. https://str.sg/v8qA
Full Details of the Study
Published: July 10, 2026, in Communications Earth & Environment, led by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), with support from the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS).
Key Findings
- Major earthquakes in Sumatra – such as the 9.2-magnitude event in 2004 – trigger slow, long-term adjustments deep in the Earth’s mantle that cause land in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to sink gradually, even though these areas are over 600km from the quake zone.
- Between late 2004 and early 2012, Singapore sank at a rate of up to 2.2mm per year due to this effect; normally, the island’s land level is nearly stable.
- This sinking (called vertical land motion) happens because the upper mantle beneath the “Sumatran backarc” – the region behind Sumatra’s volcanoes – is weak and flows slowly after large quakes, causing the crust above to settle.
- Most current sea-level rise projections only account for climate factors like melting ice and warming oceans, and do not include this geological effect. This means coastal flood risks for low-lying areas may be underestimated.
Implications & Next Steps
- Researchers advise integrating these geological movements into sea-level models and urban adaptation plans early, to avoid higher future costs from retrofitting infrastructure.
- MSS confirmed this is still an emerging research area, so it was not included in Singapore’s official sea-level projections released in January 2024; it will continue working with scientists to improve understanding.
- The study also aims to correct the common assumption that Singapore is too far from fault lines to be affected by major regional earthquakes – impacts are not just ground shaking, but long-term land elevation changes.