A strong 7.2 earthquake hit Central Myanmar on Friday, a geological survey of the United States (USGS) said.
Tremic hit 16 kilometers (10 miles) northwest of Sagaing at a depth of 10 kilometers around 12:50 hours of local time (0620 GMT), USGS said.
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Witnesses in Bangkok said that people ran on the streets in Panice and the water sprayed from the pools.
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The witness in the city told Reuters: “We all got out of the house when everything started shaking.
Witnesses in Yangon said many people fled from buildings in the city, the largest in Myanmar.
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In Bangkok, the witnesses of the Panic scene described when people threw themselves into the streets, with many hotel guests still in bathrobes and swimming costumes, Reuters reported.
One office tower in the center of Bangkok, according to witnesses, rocked loudly from side to side for at least two minutes, throwing the doors and windows loudly. Hundreds of employees evacuated through emergency stairs, while some shocked workers have stiffened on the spot. Loud cries could be heard as the building was still moving.
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American geological survey and Germany GFZ Center for GEUBYs stated that the lunch earthquake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 million), with its epicenter located in neighboring Myanmar, according to preliminary findings, AFP said.
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According to an earthquake agency in Beijing, which stated that the impact measured by 7.9 in size, according to the Beijing agency, which said the juices measured by 7.9.
The Greater Bangkok area, a home for more than 17 million people, includes many high -rise apartments. When the earthquake hit around 13:30, there were alarms in the buildings, which forced to scare the inhabitants to evacuate staircases at heights and hotels in a densely populated central area. People gathered in the streets looking for a shadow from the noon sun in moments of the earthquake.
The building of the insufficient construction in Thailand collapsed due to strong tremor.
“I heard it and slept in the house, ran as far as I could in my pajamas from the building,” said Duangjai, the inhabitants of the popular tourist city of Chiang Mai, AFP after being trembled over northern and medium Thailand, as AFP says.
How common are the earthquakes in Myanmar?
The earthquake is relatively common in Myanmar, where, according to USGS, six strong shocks of 7.0 or more between 1930 and 1956 near Sagaing’s mistake, which leads north to the south through the center of the country.
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In 2016, a powerful earthquake killed 6.8 Magnitude in the ancient capital of Bagan in the middle Myanmar, killed three people in the tourist destination and also overthrew the towers and decaying temple walls.
Pokorný Southeast Asia has a tense medical system, especially in its rural states.
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The officer of the Fire Services Department in Myanmar told Reuters: “We started looking for and bypassing Yangon to check victims and damage. We have no information yet.”
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