Violent rock earthquakes of the South -East Asia, pushing evacuations in Thailand and Myanmar

The water of skyscrapers on the roof in Bangkok fed as they trembled and the debris fell from many buildings. The people in Bangkok evacuated from their buildings were warned to stay outside in the event that there were more earthquakes. Bangkok Skytrain BTS suspended the services, while the exchange of shares and Futures stopped trading.

Bangkok’s governor said that many skyscrapers in the capital were damaged and that the inspections were underway. He urged people to be cautious.

“Suddenly the entire building started moving, there were immediately screams and very panic,” said Fraser Morton, a Tourist from Scotland, who was in one of the many shopping centers of Bangkok for the cameras equipment.

“At the beginning I just started walking calmly, but then the building started to really move, yes, a lot of screams, a lot of panic, people who run at the bottom of the mobile stairs, a lot to beat and crash into the shopping center.”

Like thousands of others in the center of Bangkok, Morton sought refuge in Benjasiri Park, far from the high buildings all around.

“I went out and then looked at the building and the entire building moved, dust and debris, was rather intense,” he said. “A lot of chaos.”

The Myanmar bridge collapses, the damaged highway

Myanmar is in the middle of a civil war and many areas are not easily accessible, so it was not immediately clear what rescue efforts the military would have been able to provide.

In Mandalay, the earthquake damaged the part of the former palace and real buildings, according to videos and photos released on social media.

While the area is subject to earthquakes, it is generally poorly populated and most of the houses are low -rise structures.

In the Sagaing region south-west of Mandalay, a 90-year-old bridge collapsed and some sections of the highway that connected Mandalay and the largest city in Myanmar, Yangon, were also damaged.

The residents of Yangon rushed out of their homes when the earthquake hit. There have been no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.

In the capital of Myanmar, Naypyitaw, the earthquake has damaged the religious sanctuaries, sending parts that overturn to the ground and some houses.

An officer of the Myanmar’s fire service department said to Reuters: “We started research and go around for Yangon to check the victims and the damage. So far we have not yet information”.

In Bangkok, the alarms went away in the buildings while the earthquake hit around 13.30 and residents surprised were evacuated down the stairs of condominiums and hotels skyscrapers, many of which are guests of the hotel in meetings and swimming costumes.

An office tower in the center of Bangkok swayed from one side to the other for at least two minutes, with doors and windows that creak strongly, the witnesses said.

The large area of ​​Bangkok houses over 17 million people, many of whom live in skyscrapers.

Outside, hundreds gathered in the afternoon sun, while the staff with medical kit found office chairs for the elderly and shocked people.

“I experienced the earthquakes twice first in Myanmar, but that was only a second, a big bang, but here it went on, I would say, a minute,” said Zsuzsanna Various-Kovacs, a Hungarian resident of Bangkok, who had just finished eating in a restaurant when we are struck by hit.

“My husband had a skyscraper, I think it’s even worse.”

The Department of prevention of Thailand catastrophes said that the earthquake was warned in almost all regions of the country.

The Chinese Xinhua news agency said strong tremors were warned in the province of Southwestern Yunnan, which borders myanmar, but there were no reports of victims.

AP, Reuters, Bloomberg