The pedestrians were seen running for their lives after a building that was constructed on the ground was merged in the Thai capital, after the huge earthquake struck the adjacent Myanmar
Thailand earthquake: Building a collapse under construction in Bangkok
Horror footage appeared from a building on the ground after a huge earthquake of 8.2 in place in Bangkok, Thailand. The terrifying clip posted on X/Twitter shows people running for their lives, as the tall mass that was under construction was addicted to the ground in seconds.
Then the smoke pillars rise against the clear blue sky, where people try to escape from the rising ash that covers the nearby row and pavement. The earthquake arose in Myanmar with tremors spread to the neighboring Thailand.
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The American Geological Survey (USGS) and the GFZ Center in Germany for Earth Sciences said that the accident was initially at 6.2 miles, according to initial reports. However, this since then has been promoted to 8.2.
The Greater Bangkok region is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high -ranking apartments. The warnings were launched in the buildings, as the earthquake reached at about 1.30 pm local time, and the amazing residents were evacuated under the stairs of tall buildings and hotels in the densely populated central Bangkok.
They stayed in the streets, in search of shade from the midday sun in the minutes that followed the earthquake. There were no immediate reports on damage or victims. The earthquake was strong enough to send water from swimming pools, some of which were high, and shook the tremor.
The earthquake center was in central Myanmar, 30 miles east of the city of Monio. There were no immediate reports on the impact of the earthquake in Myanmar, which is located in the middle of the civil war.
A journalist living in Bangkok said she was cooking at home when he hit the first earthquake. “I was very tense, I felt very panic,” said Boy Thu, who works in the BBC.
“I did not know what it was because it was, I thought a decade since Bangkok was a strong or strong earthquake like this. In my apartment, I see some walls on the walls and water of swimming pools and people only scream.”
The Ministry of Disaster Prevention in Thailand said the earthquake was almost perceived in almost all regions of the country. One person was in Bangs Skytrain posted on social media about how the metro began “shaking like the earthquake” and it appears that “ash is falling” in the middle of the ride.
Usgs said that the buildings in Myanmar and Thailand are particularly vulnerable to the effects of earthquakes. The service noted: “In general, the population in this region is present in the structures exposed to shaking the earthquakes, despite the presence of resistant structures. The prevailing types of unofficially dominant construction (minerals, wood, GI, etc.) and building construction of uncomfortable bricks.”
The Greater Bangkok region is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high -ranking apartments. The warnings were launched in the buildings, as the earthquake reached at about 1.30 pm local time, and the amazing residents were evacuated under the stairs of tall buildings and hotels in the densely populated central Bangkok.
