Rolo89

It really isn't there could be a stronger, longer earthquake that hits the area at any time. If this happened during monsoon with a high water table the damage done to BKK could be so much worse. Condo sellers would tell you otherwise.

No. There can be a closer, longer and stronger earthquake hit BKK. If this is during monsoon could be really really bad for BKK. The other day was just a taster.

There could be a strong earthquake that levels most of BKK tomorrow with it being built on jelly. Or it could be in 300 years. No one knows.

Admitting 1% of checked buildings are unsafe and could collapse is huge. I wonder how many of the 200 they've deemed at amber risk are actually red and how many of 31'000 safe actually have no structural damage. Private companies would supress disclosing the real state of their buildings.

The assurance is to their shareholders, this has exposed just how risky bangkoks soft soil is from earthquakes over a thousand km away. Lets see how much high rise condos can sell for in the next few months and how much owners have to pay to fix the damage from the minor earthquake this time.

Sends alarm bells ringing. How can they have started on structural repairs from the day of the earthquake? These things need to be invesigated properly and a proper assessment would take place about a week after the event rather than right away.

Many are moving out of their high rises. Don't think this will be forgotten about and moved on from quickly. Lots have woken up to Bangkok is built on jelly and is very suspectable to earquakes far away.

Friends building has 5 out of 6 lifts closed due to damage, but the whole building has been signed off as perfectly safe in rapid time by an unnamed engineer. Said friend is staying away and wont stay in his flat on the 38th floor!

yes the building code since 2007 was supposted to mean there wouldn't be much damage at all with an earthquake like this, it was strengthened in 2021. Only a fool would buy a new condo now without having an independant assesment on the building.

Or the same earthquake 1000km miles away during the monsoon with the soft soil wet could distroy it. Tokyo was always called the city waiting to die, however that can withstand long powerful earthquake. Bangkok could be destroyed by a short one far away.

If even 10% of the buildings with significant damage are high rise condos then that's a huge problem for the Thai economy. They were already too expensive, if they're too expensive and poorly build it will be dire. The next earthquake could be 1 month away or 30 years away. Could cause so much more damage during the monsoon with the soft soil.

BKK building do need to be up to earquake spec - that's why in 2007 buildings were required to meet earthquake specs! It's soft ground and near earthquake zones.

You can't trust them. All they can say at the moment is from inital checks it appears to be safe, but futher more detailed testing is needed to verify there is no structural damage.

Good post. Certain people won't have any time for common sence posts like this (they've probably invested in condos build in the last 20 years that could be worthless or worth way less than bought for). In Japan quakes of similar magnitude might have made a glass fall from a table and be a minor inconvenience, but that's about the extent of the damage. Not left buildings uninhabitable for the foreseable.

Assessed! Freudian slip, they've assed it good and proper 🤣