How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok
Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.
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Bangkok to review quake safety after collapse of high-rise leaves dozens missing
Although it does not sit near a geologic fault, Bangkok is built on relatively unstable alluvial soil, on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. The city has long been sinking under the weight of its ...
In Bangkok, Grim Vigils as People Seek Word of Relatives at Collapsed Building
The collapse of a 30-story building under construction was “not normal,” an engineering expert said. It was one of the ...
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Worried families and rescue dogs bond during the long days of searching at Bangkok collapse
according to the Bangkok city authorities. Around 70 workers remain missing. Pornchai Chaodongbang has been waiting for her missing brother at the site since Sunday. She said she was crying every ...
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Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead
BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked ... Myanmar ’s second-largest city. Aftershocks followed, one of them measuring a strong 6.4 magnitude. Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt ...
Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
Anxious loved ones waited outside a twisted mass of metal and concrete in the heart of Thailand’s capital on Saturday as ...
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Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise
BANGKOK: A high-rise building under ... and debris fell from many buildings as the long-lasting earthquake rattled the city. “I have experienced earthquakes twice before in Myanmar, but that ...