Myanmar and Thailand Earthquakes: As long as the Death Member is expected to be tens of thousands, what we know
In the afternoon of Friday, he hit a catastrophic earthquake set in Thailand and Myanmar, destroying buildings, including a 1,000 -bed hospital because he was afraid that thousands of people were dead.
The tremors from earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 6.4 on a Richter scale were felt up to Bangladesh, India, Laos and China.
Here is what we know so far:
Two earthquakes in 12 minutes
Tremors can be felt up to Bangladesh, India and China
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According to the United States Geological Study (USGS), an earthquake measured 7.7 at a Richter scale and 16 kilometers (16 kilometers) of Sagaing, Myanmar at 12.50 at local time.
Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, was shot in the region, a popular place for Mandalay, the Royal Capital of the Royal Capital, with a second earthquake of a second 6.4 magnitude after just 12 minutes.
According to the state media in the afternoon, a 1,000 -bed hospital in Nyapyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, was among the buildings damaged by a strong earthquake.
At least three of them died and dozens of dozens of in a high -storey building in Bangkok
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The exact scope of death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear – especially MyanmarOne of the poorest countries in the world. It is mixed in a civil war and the information is firmly controlled.
The US geological research prediction foresees 10,000 to 100,000 deaths as a result of earthquakes, and the disaster is probably ‘common’.
“Death fee and injuries are expected to increase,” MyanmarMilitary government, senior gene Min Aung Hlaing, on television, while at least 144 people were killed in his country and 730 people were injured, he said.
In Thailand, Bangkok city officials said that 10 people were killed, 16 injured and 101 of them were missing.
Meanwhile, after the collapse of a skyscraper under the construction of the Thai Ministry of Defense, three people were killed in Bangkok and 90 people were lost.
Large infrastructure damage
The earthquake caused great damage to the infrastructure in Thailand and Myanmar, and images showing that collapsed houses and places of worship were reduced to rubble.
Myanmar’s state media organization says that the 91 -year -old Sagaing Bridge (Ava Bridge), which connects Global new Light, Malanday and Sagaing, has fallen into the Irawady River.
Images published on social media are also burning from Mandalay University.
The Bangkok Town Hall said that the capital of Thailand has been declared as a disaster area, and that frightening inhabitants and shoppers took refuge in the nearby streets and parks.
Thai Stock Exchange suspended trade after earthquakes
Reuters
Thailand Stock Exchange (SET) suspended all trade activities for the afternoon session on Friday.
“Closing, Set for today’s afternoon, set, alternative investment market (MAI) and Thailand -term transactions Stock Exchange (TFEX) affect all markets,” the Bourse operator affects all markets, “
Thailand, which is a gross domestic product of approximately 400 billion, is the 9th largest economy in Asia.
However, Myanmar is considered one of the poorest nations in Asia with high poverty rate, which was disturbed by the civil war in 2021 and the civil war, and only 50 billion £ GDP.
Earthquakes in Myanmar are more common than Thailand.
Between 1930 and 1956, six earthquakes of 7.0 magnitude close to Sagaing error working in Myanmar.
Myanmar is sitting in the Alpid strap, the second most seismic active region in the world after the Pacific Fire ring.
