Earthquake Rocks Bangkok: Building Collapses with 40 people inside

[MikeandDow]

This building was built by Chinese construction company .. Guess who was their Thai Nominee..... Thaskin

 

[Banana7]

BBC news reports 117 people are still missing at the high rise construction site. 5 people are confirmed dead.

[SABloke]

Edit as misread response

[SABloke]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

Suppose it happened in Chiang Mai

 

Suppose? It literally did - what you on about? Have you looked at a map recently? Chiang Mai was hit before Bangkok since it's closer to the epicentre.

[ikke1959]

2 minutes ago, SABloke said:

 

Suppose? It literally did - what you on about? Have you looked at a map recently? Chiang Mai was hit before Bangkok since it's closer to the epicentre.

That is not what I meant.. Suppose Chiang Mai was the epicentre...what would have happened than in Bangkok??? I can read maps I am not stupid

[Nick Carter icp]

How the building was made and by whom 

 

https://news.goalfore.cn/topstories/detail/63177.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawJTeKdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHagtsVoLRD18AYEo0tZFqpzCk31TelrmIWJPSBjTYrCqiC20vv8hjAv5qw_aem_-ZBg9cv8tf1GfMSVMWtyVg

 

[Denim]

The financial repucutions of this disaster are going to be huge and last for many months. Anyone thinking of buying a high rise condo will now have second thoughts. The valuable tourist influx will take a bad hit. Lots of people living in older condos that now have cracks will probably want to move out. The list goes on and on and it will probably be the poorer members of society that are worst effected. 

[SABloke]

5 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

That is not what I meant.. Suppose Chiang Mai was the epicentre...what would have happened than in Bangkok??? I can read maps I am not stupid

 

I apologise - I misread your post 🙃

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yup... its been in the Thai social media already... 

 

Families unable to travel getting absolutely creamed by Taxi drivers...   500-1000 baht for a 50-100 baht fare etc...  

 

Hopefully this gets the media attention it deserves and triggers the Police to deal with the scam taxi drivers refusing to use meters etc once and for all...    I won't be holding my breath... 

 

Thais profiting from a natural disaster that caused dozens of deaths.

 

A new low for them but colour me unsurprised. 

[Denim]

34 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

This building was built by Chinese construction company .. Guess who was their Thai Nominee..... Thaskin

 

 

The main contractor for the project is ITD-CREC, a joint venture between Italian-Thai Development Plc and China Railway No 1 (Thailand).

( source BP newspaper)

 

Do you suppose the Mafia and Thaksin were working together to fill their pockets ?  I wonder who built all those skyscrapers in China ?

[Patong2021]

5 hours ago, Merrill said:

Really, so sad to see this. How did this happen it looks to me so flimsy the supporting columns don't look very strong. This should not have happened.

 

Looks to me like the typical Pancake collapse. As one floor collapses onto the lower floor, the floor cannot support the weight and it in turn collapses. It is similar to the collapse of the  WTC twin towers  on 9/11.

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Going someone to get away from earthquakes ?

yeah, I went home.

 

 

[Patong2021]

I was on the beach in Hua Hin oblivious. I only learned of the quake as I tuned in the foreign radio news via internet I listen to. I didn't get an emergency alert on my phone, although my friend from Bangkok did.  He received  an automated emergency  advisory and a request for a personal safety confirmation from his Singaporean employer, which I was impressed by. They even sent him  instructions on what to do  in the event of  a tsunami and his helpline contact number.  Far more  impressive than my western based employer.

[Kevin_Beethoven]

Yeah. Obviously shoddy construction.

 

Been thru a couple similar to that in Taipei.

 

Everyone went around like nothing happened.

 

Me. I was on the 20 floor of an office building and "freaked out" which was a first for me 🤣

[lordgrinz]

Spent 2-1/2 hours going to get my child out of school, the kids were not allowed back in the building, what a nightmare for gridlock traffic here in Muang Thong Thani. We already had problems getting around with the International Motor Show going on here at IMPACT, but this was off the charts! People everywhere, and all the streets at a standstill. The townhouse (built on sand I am sure) was swaying back and forth for almost a minute, remind me never to go to California, never want to experience that again in my lifetime.

[NativeBob]

Ratchayothin, Ratchadapisek, Lardprao roads are paralyzed. "Motosies" (not correct wording) are making fortunes! Fares are higher than during Big Bangkok Flood.

[black tabby12345]

While that skyscraper(under construction) crumbled, the Chiang Mai(closer to the seismic center) apartment(over 50 years old) I live in, didn't have any damages.

 

The taller the building is, the shock of the quake is more amplified.

[Lorry]

3 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Just heard in bangkok people cannot get home  no buses no trains no mrt taxi fares have tripled  this is the thai goverment emergency resopnse  strand people !!!

Bolt and motorbikes run normally

Almost normal fares, but traffic jam

[Lorry]

5 hours ago, kwilco said:

So sorry to hear about the quake in Bangkok - I"m out of the country at the moment and can't find any information about how other areas of Thailand have beeb affected - in particular those nearer te epicentre in Myanmar.

Has anyone heard?

No problems in Issarn

[radiochaser]

2 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

This building was built by Chinese construction company .. Guess who was their Thai Nominee..... Thaskin

 

My wife has told me that the collapsed building was a project for the government.   

 

I cannot attest to the accuracy of that claim. 

[Lorry]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

The financial repucutions of this disaster are going to be huge and last for many months. Anyone thinking of buying a high rise condo will now have second thoughts. The valuable tourist influx will take a bad hit. Lots of people living in older condos that now have cracks will probably want to move out. The list goes on and on and it will probably be the poorer members of society that are worst effected. 

The  news coverage is impressive,  yes.

But in reality,  my condo hardly shook.

No visible damage at all, neither damage of the building.  

Electricity,  elevators... everything normal. 

 

[DUS]

Hardly shook?

 

Wtf do you live in BKK?

 

[DUS]

Earlier this evening, I was kind of surprised to see lots of people still outside various condos and even hotels with their suitcases, obviously afraid of going back in and fearing another earthquake.

[HampiK]

I think a not finished building is not as strong as when finished. As some buildings need the window inserted to reach full strength.
So it's a big tragedy... I just saw at least 1 worker could be saved alive. I hope they can find more of the missing workers alive.

[DUS]

I hope so, too!

 

 

[JensenZ]

6 hours ago, Airalee said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B3D29Ddxg/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

I suspect this is going to be far worse than we currently imagine.

No imagination is required - I know how bad this is going to be - it's total destruction, and everyone except a few lucky people has perished in the rubble.

[Lingba]

7 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Thai Constuction  !!    there is No quality or safety in Thai construction   no standards in  design   design approval by coruption   so what do you expect !!

 

Exactly

 

[freedomnow]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

read the news.  i'm not your secretary

got more fun things to do.

[Kevin_Beethoven]

Everything looks normal right now in the Soi Cowboy area according to the live cam...

[harada]

Those responsible for the tendering, construction and inspection of this building won’t be happy about the airport being closed. ☹️