US EditionUnanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
- A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, sending shock waves through Bangkok and causing damage there.
- Bangkok, which sits on no major tectonic fault, experienced the quake's impact due to shock waves traveling through high-rise buildings.
- In Bangkok, the shock waves buckled rail carriages and swayed buildings, while in Myanmar, the military government reported 700 deaths and over 1,600 injuries, with the USGS estimating a potential final toll exceeding 10,000.
- Junpen Kaewnoi, whose mother and sister worked as painters at the site of a collapsed 30-story skyscraper next to the Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok, desperately tried to contact them, stating, "I kept calling, but it was unsuccessful," and "All I kept hearing was the continuous toot& toot& of a busy signal."
- As engineers assessed nearly 1,000 reports of structural concerns in Bangkok, grading buildings for safety , Myanmar, facing a civil war since the 2021 military coup, received an "open invitation" for international aid from military leader Min Aung Hlaing, despite concerns about the military's history of rescinding humanitarian access.
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Relatives at the Bangkok stampede: "I'm looking for my daughter"
BANGKOK. Manyapha Thongorn's 17-year-old daughter had her first day on a construction site in Bangkok when the earthquake struck. Now her mother is waiting to hear whether she is alive or dead. "I miss my daughter," says Manyapha Thongorn, standing on a stool to survey the dusty rescue work.
Over 700 cases of Bangkok quake damage to be reviewed
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will inspect more than 700 cases of structural damage in the capital following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar that sent shockwaves across Thailand on Friday, according to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
Anxious loved ones waited outside a twisted mass of metal and concrete in the heart of Thailand’s capital on Saturday as rescuers searched for dozens of missing workers and the city confronted the aftermath of a rare and powerful earthquake that set skyscrapers swaying and rattled millions of residents.
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