A large -scale 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday provoked Burma and Thailand, causing buildings as people scrambled for safety.
Almost every region of the country was allegedly felt in India and China. The range of injuries and possibly confusion is not clear at this time.
Afterchock was informed about 6.4 magnitude, United States Geological Survey (USGS). People in Bangkok were evacuated from their buildings, if there were more, was warned to live outside.
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The rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake tremble, which hit mid -Myanmar on Friday, impressed Bangkok, Thailand on March 28, 2025. (Reuters/N Wang)
A dramatic video aired on social media showed a multi-story building in Bangkok collapsing with a crane in a dust cloud, while the audience shouted and fled.
People assist him after a casualtire a casualties, after the shock of a strong earthquake, which hit mid -Myanmar on Friday, impressed Bangkok, Thailand on 28 March, 2025. (Reuters/N Wang)
The police was responding to the scene near the popular Chatuchak market in Bangkok, and there was no immediate information about how many workers were on the site at the time of collapse.
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The US Geological Survey and the GFZ Center for Geosins, the US, stated that the earthquake was a shallow 6.2 miles, according to the preliminary reports, with a sub -center in Myanmar.
A worker reacted near a site of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake shock, which hit mid -Myanmar on Friday, impressed Bangkok, Thailand on 28 March, 2025. (Reuters/N Wang)
Bangkok fell on the shore as water shakes from high-growing roof pool, and the debris fell from several buildings.
People see the site of a collapsed building after a shock of a strong earthquake, which hit mid -Myanmar on Friday, impressed by Bangkok, Thailand on March 28, 2025. (Reuters/N Wang)
Prime Minister Patongtern Shinavatra convened an emergency meeting to assess the impact of the earthquake.
Greater Bangkok region is home to over 17 million people, many of which live in high -rise apartments.
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The alarms in buildings were closed as the earthquake hit around 1:30 pm, and the staggering residents were thrown down from the high -growing condominium and stairs of hotels in densely populated central Bangkok.
They remained on the streets, looking for shadow from the afternoon sun in minutes after the earthquake.
Thailand’s disaster prevention department said the earthquake was felt in almost all areas of the country.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Central Myanmar, which was about 30 miles east of the city of Monawa.
In the capital Naypyitaw, the earthquake damaged religious temples, which topping the ground, and sends some houses.
A Buddhist monk moves near a damaged building in the premises of a monastery after a earthquake, Friday, March 28, in Naypita in Myanmar, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine OO)
A Burmese fire official told the Reuters, “We have started searching and are going around the Yangon to check the number and damage of casualties. So far, we have no information yet.”
Meanwhile, dozens are missing, and the rescue teams are currently made to search for the survivors, according to the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC).
The damaged pagoda is seen after an earthquake, on Friday, March 28, 2025 in Naypitawa, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine OO)
Further reports of damage were not available immediately from the Burmese, which has been entangled in a civil war for years.
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According to the official Xinhua news agency report, 188 people have been injured in Tibet in the Chinese side of Seema.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
