A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar – with a minimum of 43 staff reported to be trapped in a collapsed constructing after the affect was felt as distant as Bangkok.
Footage shared by native media reveals the under-construction constructing within the Chatuchak space crashing to the bottom as individuals run away from the scene.
No less than 43 staff are actually trapped below the collapsed construction, in line with native media, citing Thailand’s Nationwide Institute for Emergency Drugs.
The Thai capital is round 560 miles from Mandalay – the Myanmar metropolis the place the earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 6 miles.
A 6.4 magnitude aftershock was felt round 12 minutes later close to Mandalay, america Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned.
The affect of the quake on Myanmar, which is in the course of a civil warfare, just isn’t but clear.
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Individuals in Bangkok being handled after an earthquake in Myanmar. Pic: AP
Tons of of individuals poured out of buildings in Bangkok after the tremors, with many buildings evacuated.
Town is residence to 17 million individuals and plenty of dwell in high-rise flats.
Alarms went off in buildings because the earthquake hit round 1.30pm native time (6.30am UK time).
Residents had been evacuated down staircases of buildings and lodges within the densely-populated centre of town.
They remained within the streets, in search of shade from the noon solar within the minutes after the quake.
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