Myanmar has experienced magnitude 7.7 and 6.4% earthquakes, according to the USGS, with reports of sizable tremors felt in Thailand and other parts of the area.
The first tremor struck on Friday at around 12:50 pm local time (06:20 GMT), which struck 16 kilometers (10 miles) northwest of the city of Sagaing, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported that the quake measured a magnitude 7.9, according to the Xinhua news agency, with the CENC claiming that “tremors were felt in Yunnan” in a social media post.
From the capital of Myamar, Naypyidaw, AFP news reported that buildings’ ceilings fell from buildings and that the tremors had caused roads to buckle.
Startled residents poured out of high-rise buildings in Bangkok, the capital of neighboring Thailand. Witnesses there claimed that the tremors were so strong that pools were sloshing away.
According to Duangjai, a resident of Chiang Mai’s well-known northern tourist destination, “I heard it and I was sleeping in the house, I ran as far as I could in my pyjamas out of the building.”
In the Chatuchak area of Bangkok, there are reports of people getting stuck beneath the rubble of a torn building.
A powerful earthquake causes a Bangkok, Thailand skyscraper to collapse. pic. twitter.com/Sd6pMMiTLH
In Bangkok, some metro and light rail services were discontinued.
After a devastating earthquake, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra reported on a post on X that she had called the island of Phuket to “urgent meeting” after having cancelled an official visit there on Friday.
Myanmar experienced previous earthquakes.
According to the USGS, there were six quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more that struck Myanmar between 1930 and 1956 near the Sagaing Fault, which runs north to south through the country’s center.
In the tourist destination of Bagan, central Myanmar, a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake in 2016 also caused three fatalities, as well as a toppling of temple spires and crumbling temple walls.
The underdeveloped Southeast Asian country’s healthcare system is strained, particularly in rural areas.
Source: Aljazeera
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