Alarms went off in buildings as the earthquake hit around 1:30 pm (local time) and startled residents were evacuated down staircases of high-rise condominiums and hotels in densely populated central Bangkok.
Earthquake in Thailand: A high-rise building collapsed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale struck Thailand’s Bangkok on Friday. The visuals showed the towering structure crumbling to dust and sending thick clouds of debris into the air. As panic gripped the area, terrified residents were seen fleeing to safety. The US Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ centre for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), with an epicentres in neighbouring Myanmar.
