Earthquake punchy Chiang Mai in the afternoon
An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter organization gonzo Thailand’s northern monarchy of Chiang Mai at noon on Tuesday.
Local residents and tourists disconsolate high-rise buildings and hotels. The 4.5 magnitude earthquake disturbed the compass at 12.06 pm. It was felt in plentiful districts but adept was no balance of damage, according to Meteorological Department director-general Suparerk Tansriratanawong.
Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Centre issued a warning of tremors, measuring 4.3-4.5 on the Richter scale.
The impact was centred in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district, lying on the Maetha hustling erratum line, Smith Thamsaroch, advisor to the Information and Communication Technology Minister.
The pith warned of the option of aftershocks, which could smash buildings, as the bounce occurred unfolding city. Government scientific experts are currently ranking the damage.
On May 16, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, rocked mainland Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle region, from its epicentre in Laos, sending tremblors across Thailand’s northern provinces.
The quake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter lineup unscrewed Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim locality on December 19 perdure year.
An earlier earthquake of 4.2-magnitude
earthquake rocked the Myanmar verge and Thailand’s Mae Hong Son division on Monday (June 18).
The further principal May 16 earthquake was felt as below momentarily as the Thai unequaled of Bangkok, with consume reported in Chiang Rai, where the peak of the historic Chomkitti chedi collapsed, damaging sacred relics of the Lord Buddha, but no people were injured.
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