The state of emergency declared in Bangkok after trembling, says Thai Prime Minister
Thailand Authorities declared a state of emergency Bangkokprime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra He was told on Friday after the city was hit by a major earthquake in the center Myanmar.
Damage was reported to the Bangkok building after a shaking of 7.7 magnitude. This includes 30-storey construction skyscrapers that collapsed in the northern part of the city.
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Damage was reported to buildings across Bangkok after the 7.7-magnitude quake, including a 30-storey under construction skyscraper that collapsed in the city’s north.
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A 30-storey skyscraper under construction for government offices has collapsed in Bangkok trapping 43 workers, police and medics said, after the city was rocked by a strong earthquake.
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According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the building in the north of the Thai capital was reduced to a tangle of rubble and twisted metal in seconds after the 7.7-magnitude quake in neighbouring Myanmar.
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One witness in Mandalay told Reuters:
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We all ran out of the house as everything started shaking.
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I witnessed a five-storey building collapse in front of my eyes. Everyone in my town is out on the road and no one dares to go back inside buildings.”
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Witnesses contacted by Reuters in Yangon said many people ran out from buildings in the city, the largest in Myanmar.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has struck Myanmar, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, causing hundreds of people to pour out of swaying buildings in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand 1,400km away.
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USGS said the quake on Friday was shallow, at a depth of just 10km (six miles) with the epicentre near the central city of Mandalay, about 50km (30 miles) east of the city of Monywa.
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There were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake in Myanmar, which is in a state of chaos after a coup in 2021.
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Startled residents in densely populated central Bangkok poured out of high-rise condominiums and hotels. The greater Bangkok area is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.
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The quake was forceful enough to send water sloshing out of pools, some high up in high-rises, as the tremor shook.
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“I heard it and I was sleeping in the house, I ran as far as I could in my pyjamas out of the building,” Duangjai, a resident of popular tourist city Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, told AFP.
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Police and doctors say 43 animals were trapped as Bangkok's skyscraper collapsed
A 30-storey skyscraper under construction for government agencies has collapsed Bangkok 43 workers, police and hygienists said after the city was shaken by a strong earthquake.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Thailand Capital was reduced to rub and twisted metal tangles in seconds after an adjacent 7.7 magnitude earthquake Myanmar.
witness Bangkok He told Reuters that people were panicking and people drove off into the streets, many of whom turned hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming outfits into hotels.
One office tower in downtown Bangkok shook left and right for at least two minutes, with doors and windows squealing loudly. Hundreds of employees submitted via emergency stairs.
Outside, hundreds gathered in the afternoon sun, but medical kit staff found office chairs for those shocked, Reuters reported.
There are some images coming through the newswire.
High-rise buildings under construction Bangkok A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shaking and collapsed Thailand And the next one Myanmar Police said at noon Friday, but the possibility of a victim is still unknown.
According to the Associated Press (AP), a dramatic video is circulating on social media, showing a multistory building showing a crane lying in a cloud of dust at the top.
Police told the AP they were responding to a popular nearby scene in Bangkok Chatuchak Marketand there was no immediate information on how many workers there were on the site at the time of the collapse.
“A five-storey building collapsed right in front of me.”
One Witness Mandalay He told Reuters:
Everything started to shake and we all ran away from home.
I witnessed a five-storey building collapse in front of me. Everyone in my town is out on the road and no one dares to return to the building. ”
Witnesses contacted by Reuters Yangon Many people said they had fled the city buildings, Myanmar.
Officers from Myanmar Fire Station He told Reuters:
We launched a search and went around Yangon to check for victims and damages. So far, we still have no information. ”
Reuters reports that it is posted on social media Mandalay, MyanmarThe ancient royal capital, located in the heart of the Buddhist centre, showed crumbling buildings and debris scattered across the city's streets. However, Reuters could not immediately confirm the post.
In Thailand, there were no immediate reports of victims, but emergency meetings were called to assess the effects of the tremors, and no immediate reports of victims.
Thailand's Disaster Prevention Bureau said the earthquake was felt in almost every part of the country.
The Greater Bangkok area has over 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.
As mentioned earlier, the epicenter of the earthquake was in central Myanmar, about 30 miles (50 km) east of Mony city.
The AP says in the capital, Napidau, the earthquake has destroyed religious shrines, sending parts of the land and some homes.
Further reports of damages from Myanmar, which is being caught up in the civil war, were not immediately available.
Here are some of Thailand's latest images:
Strong and shallow earthquakes are hit by Myanmar and nearby Thailand
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar.
The USGS said Friday's tremble was shallow, at the depths of the epicenter near the central city of Mandalay, about 50 km (30 miles) east of Mony city.
After the 2021 coup, there were no immediate reports of damage caused by the earthquake in Myanmar, which is in chaotic state.
Surprised residents of densely populated central Bangkok poured high-rise apartments and hotels. The Greater Bangkok area has over 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.
The trembling was strong enough to send the slopes of water out of the pool as the trembling shaking.
“I heard that, I was sleeping at home, I ran as much as I could from the building in my pyjamas,” Duang Jai, a resident of Chiang Mai, a popular tourist town in northern Thailand, told AFP.
