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Magnitude-7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar, with tremors felt across neighboring Thailand
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Building in Bangkok collapses as powerful earthquake hits southeast Asia
00:37 – Source: CNN
Building in Bangkok collapses as powerful earthquake hits southeast Asia
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• Myanmar was hit Friday by a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake, with tremors felt across Thailand, as well as in neighboring Chinese provinces. Three people died in Myanmar after a mosque collapsed, Reuters reported.
• An unknown number of people are trapped and one person was killed after a high-rise building collapsed in Thailand’s capital Bangkok after the quake, according to Thai authorities. Many high-rise buildings in Bangkok were damaged, its governor said, according to Reuters.
• Myanmar was hit by a strong aftershock of 6.4 magnitude around 12 minutes after the initial quake, according to USGS.
• Myanmar is ill-equipped to deal with a disaster of such strength and scale. It is one of Asia’s poorest nations and has been plunged into a brutal four-year civil war after the military seized power.
Three people have died after a mosque in Myanmar partially collapsed when a strong earthquake struck the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, Reuters reported.
The news agency spoke to two eyewitnesses in the town of Taungoo, in the central Bago region.
Myanmar’s junta has declared an “emergency situation” across a swathe of the center of the country, including in second city Mandalay and the isolated, military-built capital of Naypyidaw.
An “emergency situation” was declared in Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Magway regions as well as eastern Shan state.
Also included was the military-built capital Naypyidaw, which is home to the junta’s top leadership.
For context: Large chunks of Myanmar remain outside the junta’s control as it battles ethnic rebel groups and pro-democracy fighters after seizing power in a coup in 2021.
A strong earthquake that hit Myanmar has damaged many high-rise buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok, its governor said on Friday, according to Reuters.
Chadchart Sittipunt said the number of buildings damaged was not yet known and inspections were underway. He urged people to be cautious, said the news agency.
An unknown number of people remain trapped under the rubble following the collapse of a tower in Bangkok, according to Thai authorities.
The under-construction building came down on Friday after a 7.7-magnitude quake rocked the region.
One person has died and 50 others were injured in the collapse, Bangkok’s National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) said.
For context: Earlier, NIEM had reported 43 people were trapped in the building after it collapsed in seconds.
India is willing to send assistance to Myanmar following Friday’s massive earthquake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
“Concerned by the situation in the wake of the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand,” Modi said on X.
“India stands ready to offer all possible assistance.”
Authorities in neighboring India and Bangladesh reported no major impact from the 7.7 magnitude quake that hit Myanmar.
Thailand’s prime minister has declared its capital Bangkok an “emergency zone” after a powerful earthquake hit neighboring Myanmar.
A large building in the Chatuchak Park area collapsed, killing one, and there is damage reported across the city.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra “immediately instructed the Ministry of Interior to declare Bangkok an emergency zone, and to notify provinces nationwide to treat the situation as a national emergency, enabling immediate public assistance if needed,” according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The government warned more tremors could occur within the next 24 hours. A strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock hit Myanmar following the initial 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
Two residents of Yangon told CNN that they witnessed the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday.
“The quake felt so strong, and lasted really long,” said Wang, who did not want to give her first name.
Zhang Zirui, who was working at his computer when the tremor began, felt dizzy at first before realizing it was an earthquake.
“So many of us were terrified by the quake!” Zhang said.
Correction: This post has been updated to correct Zhang Zirui’s name
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Building in Bangkok collapses as powerful earthquake hits southeast Asia
00:37 – Source: CNN
Building in Bangkok collapses as powerful earthquake hits southeast Asia
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Dramatic video shared on social media shows the moment a building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak Park collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake sent tremors throughout Thailand.
The footage, shared on X, shows construction workers fleeing the scene as the building came down in a matter of seconds, sending a large cloud of dust billowing upward.
The building, which appeared to be under construction, was reduced to rubble.
One person died and 50 others were injured in the collapse, Thai authorities said.
Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport said it was operating as usual after a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake struck central Myanmar, sending tremors throughout neighboring Thailand.
The airport posted its latest operational update about two hours after the quake struck 16 kilometers (10 miles) north-northwest of the town of Sagaing, Myanmar around 12:50 p.m. local time.
A passenger due to take a flight out of Bangkok on Friday told CNN they were going to miss their flight as panic ensued following the quake.
Several people in Myanmar’s city of Mandalay told Reuters news agency they witnessed buildings collapse after the powerful 7.7-magnitude struck near the city.
One witness in Mandalay, a city of about 1.6 million people, said they witnessed a five-story building “collapse in front of my eyes.”
Htet Naing Oo, another witness in Mandalay, said a tea shop collapsed with several people trapped inside. “We couldn’t go in,” she told Reuters. “The situation is very bad.”
There was no immediate word from Myanmar authorities about the damage.
An officer for the Myanmar Fire Services Department told Reuters they had begun searching in the city of Yangon for casualties and damage. “So far, we have no information yet,” they said.
One person was killed and 50 others were injured after a high-rise building that was under construction collapsed in Bangkok’s capital following the powerful quake that hit neighboring Myanmar on Friday, according to Thai authorities.
One person remains trapped under the rubble after the high-rise building in Chatuchak Park collapsed, Bangkok’s National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) said.
Earlier, the NIEM had reported 43 people were trapped in the building after it collapsed in seconds.
Passengers at Myanmar’s Mandalay Airport crouched down and took cover on the tarmac as a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of about 1.6 million people, according to social media videos.
Videos showed chaotic scenes as airport staff helped dozens of passengers evacuate as loud alarm bells rang out following the powerful quake on Friday afternoon.
Mandalay is Myanmar’s cultural and religious capital, home to around one million people, Buddhist monasteries and a sprawling palace from where kings once ruled.
Phone lines were down since the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in a neighboring Sagaing region, with a CNN producer unable to reach residents.
Located on the banks of the mighty Irrawaddy River, Mandalay is home to several important monasteries vital to the spiritual life of Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
The former Royal Palace housed the kings of Myanmar – then known as Burma – until British colonialists annexed the kingdom in 1885, sending the last king into exile in India.
The city is also a key logistics and business hub.
It sits at the end of a major trade route that winds through the hills of Shan state to the border with China – Myanmar’s biggest trading partner.
Since the military coup in 2021 and subsequent plunge into civil war, that road has seen sustained fighting between ethnic rebels and pro-democracy groups battling the military.
The closures of the road have hit business and denied the cash-strapped military rulers of the country hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.
Mandalay itself has been attacked sporadically by pro-democracy rebels.
In October last year China’s consulate in the city was hit by an explosive device, which the junta blamed on its opponents.
Water from a high-rise pool poured onto the streets of Bangkok after a powerful 7.7 magnitude quake struck central Myanmar, sending tremors throughout neighboring Thailand.
Video shared on X showed water spilling over the edge of the swimming pool and cascading down several floors onto the streets below.
The video was filmed by a witness from a nearby building.
Emergency services say 50 people were inside a building that collapsed in Chatuchak Park, Bangkok.
The National Institute for Emergency Medicine says 43 people are trapped in the building and seven others have been injured.
A resident of Yangon in southern Myanmar said tremors were felt for a few minutes as the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck.
The Yangon resident said they were unable to make a phone call for roughly 30 minutes after the quake hit at around 12:53 p.m. local time. But the internet has been functioning properly, the resident said.
“Electricity is unavailable – but normally we only have less than 12 hr of it daily basis,” the resident said over text.
The resident said damage had been observed in Myanmar’s Sagaing and Mandalay regions.
A bridge connecting Myanmar’s Ava and Sagaing regions collapsed on Friday after a powerful earthquake struck the central part of the country, according to video shared on social media.
The footage shows parts of the Old Sagaing Bridge after falling into the Irrawaddy River, which runs from the north to the south of the country.
Chinese social media users in the provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi, which border Myanmar, said they could feel the earthquake strongly.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is holding an emergency meeting after a powerful earthquake struck neighboring Myanmar.
Tremors were felt across Thailand, including the capital Bangkok and northern city of Chiang Mai, according to residents and the country’s disaster agency.
The prime minister was in the city of Phuket for a meeting at the time of the quake.