STORY: :: Bangkok, Thailand
:: March 28, 2025
:: Rescuers help injured workers at a collapsed Bangkok construction site after an earthquake strikes Myanmar
The building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district was reduced to rubble after tremors were felt in the Thai capital, with buildings in the central business area swaying, according to Reuters witnesses.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). It was followed by a powerful aftershock.
The epicenter was about 17.2 km (10.7 miles) from the city of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest, which has a population of about 1.5 million.