More than 140 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck the central Myanmar – with trembling enough powerful for the collapse of the building Hundreds of miles away in Bangkok.
There are fears that hundreds more may die, with the death toll to climb after the full scope of damage in central Myanmar comes to light, with more than 700 injuries that have already been reported.
In adjacent ThailandRescue teams worked overnight in trying to find dozens of workers trapped under a partially built skyscraper.
A large part of the destruction took place in Mandalaj, which is Myanmar’s second largest city and is located only about 17 km (10 miles) from the Epicenter Earthquake. The earthquake struck at a depth of six miles (10km)According to the US Geological Research of the United States (USGS), whose models have predicted that the final number of deaths could be a maximum of 1,000.
Mandalay, with about 1.5 million inhabitants, is Myanmar’s ancient royal capital and the center of her Buddhist Heart. Buildings, bridges and roads were destroyed, residents. State television quoted the ruling Army Junta as if at least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, and 732 injured.
“Death and injury is expected to grow,” said the Minmark’s military government head, the Higher General Min Aung Hlaing, with whom Junta referred to international disaster resolution.
In Thailand, Bangkok city authorities said 10 people were killed, 16 injured and 101 missing with three construction sites, including high.
Rescue Charitable Organization Ministry Moe Saydanar told Reuters to take at least 60 bodies from the monastery and buildings in Pyinmanar, near the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw, and more people were captured. “This is 60 just from my charity and only in Pyinmanar city,” he said.
The 1,000 bed hospital in the capital of Myanmarov Nyapyitaw was among the buildings that also maintained damage.
In Mandalay, the second largest city of Myanmar and the proximity of the epicenter, the earthquake was damaged by part of the former royal palace and buildings. 90-year-old colonial bridge Ava, who connected the Mandalay and Sagaing Regions, accelerated in the Irrawady River shortly after the first Jolta.
“We all run out of the house as everything started shaking. I was witnessed a five-storey building collapse in front of my eyes,” said Witness Reuters.
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“Everyone in my city is on the road and no one dares back to buildings.”
The Red Cross said that the lowered electrical lines are added to the challenges for their teams trying to reach Mandalay and Sagaing Region and the South Shansa State.
“Initial reports from the country suggest that the earthquake caused significant damage,” said the Red Cross. “Information on humanitarian needs is still collected.”
The terrain in Myanmar allegedly drove around half a minute before settling. In the Thai Tourist town of Chiang Mai, the resident said the AFP news agency: “I heard it and I slept in the house, I ran how much I could from the building.”
At least three people died after the mosque in Taungoo partially collapsed, two witnesses said. “We told prayers when shaking began … Three died on the spot,” one said.
Local media reported a hotel in ban aung, in Shan State, rose into ruins, with a democratic voice of the rings who reported two people also died 20 dead.
Army-Run MRTV reported that the horned buildings, crushed cars and left huge creeps on the roads over the capital Naypyitaw.
Amnesty International said that the earthquake could not come to worse time for Myanmar, given the number of displaced persons, existing needs for assistance and the Negaludes of the President Donald Trump administration.
Myanmarska Army Junta is locked in the fight for disposal fighting against their rule, a situation that is likely to complicate rescue operation and assistance.
The limited media approach meant a clear picture of the impairment and loss range may not appear for a while, said Myanmar Researcher Group, Joe Freeman, he said.
Since the selected civilian governments of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi 2021. years struggled to start the country, leaving the economy and basic services such as health care.
Witnesses in Bangkok were said that people fled to the streets in Panica, many of them hotel and bathrooms and bathrooms as water cascadu from an elevated pool in a luxury hotel.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday afternoon Bangkok “Emergency Zone”. The Thai disaster prevention department said that the earthquake felt in almost all parts of the country.
Bangkokov Metro system suspended all services, while the stock market stopped trading on Friday.
“I used the earthquakes twice in Myanmar, but that was just one second, but at least, I would say, in a minute,” Zsuzsanna Vari-Kovacs, the Hungarian resident of Bangkok, told the associated journalists. “My husband was in a high institution, I think it’s worse.”
It feels in Laos and China on the east side of Minamara and parts of India.
The earthquake seems to have happened on the main error of Sagairanje, which marks the border between two tectonic plates, which runs north – southernly near the large population centers, “Emeritus Geophysical and Climate Hazards, University College London.
“This is probably the biggest earthquake on Myanmar land in decades, and the combination of size and very shallow depth will maximize the chances of harm.
“The quality of construction is probably high enough to survive this level of shaking, and the accident numbers are almost certainly made significantly in order to increase significantly as a significant knowledge of the disaster.”
Myanmar witnessed six strong earthquakes of 7.0 magnitude or more, which hit between 1930. and 1956. near the fault of the sagging. A strong earthquake of 6.8 magnitude in the ancient capital of Baganu was killed by three people in 2016. and compacted temple walls on a popular tourist destination.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed “concerns” over the destruction path after the earthquake. “India is willing to offer all possible assistance. In this regard, he asked our authorities to be in a state of standby,” Mr. Fashion told X.
Thailand is one of the most favorable tourist destinations for Indians in South Asia. “He also asked MEA [Ministry of External Affairs] Stay in touch with the governments of Myanmar and Thailand, “Prime Minister added.