Earthquake in Bangkok Causes Panic and Mayhem

[Upnotover]

Just had an earthquake here in Bangkok.  I'm in Sathorn.  That's a first for me.

[Autocan]

Victory Monument highrise. Felt like a giant was shaking the building. Scary as furk.

[cormanr7]

Yes, here in upper Ladphrao my apartment was shaking significantly (I am at the top -6th floor). Not really comforting considering the build 'quality' of buildings here.  

[madone]

biggest I have seen here in decades. The rooftop pool of the condo next door dumped hundreds of gallons of water. 

 

Glad i live in a house, all the condo dwellers are on the street in their underwear 

[JonnyF]

My monitor nearly fell off my desk. 

[lordgrinz]

Holy Cow!! Here in Nonthaburi was insane!

[Crossy]

 

[Crossy]

Definitely a bit of a wobbler.

 

[remobb]

Here in Bangbon too. Made my son and myself dizzy. What is going on with this Earth?

[John Drake]

First did the flood in 2011 and now this pretty big earthquake in far western Bangkok.

[Digitalbanana]

[geminiman]

Sukhumvit Soi 31. My neighbor took this near the end of the shaking.

[brewsterbudgen]

[jaywalker2]

Earthquake measured at 4.9, which isn't that big. It felt a lot bigger though. The corridor wall in my building 

[Kinok Farang]

Trump's fault.

[garygooner]

I've heard people saying they've experienced it before on high floors in Bangkok, but today was the first time for me. (low floor) Building swaying for about 3 minutes & the pool water overflowing. 

7.3 magnitude & epi-center in Myanmar. 😬

[John Drake]

I think we're about to find out just how well built are all these new condos put up in the past ten years.

[brewsterbudgen]

Is earthquake insurance for building/condo owners standard?

[ravip]

A high-rise building under construction in Chatuchak district collapsed due to the quake. Authorities are assessing the damage and monitoring for aftershocks.

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[blackcab]

56 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Is earthquake insurance for building/condo owners standard?

 

Earthquakes are an "Act of God" and as such excluded from all standard policies.

 

You can get it from specialist insurers, but it would be very, very expensive. You would have to pay fortunes for specialist building surveys, etc.

[blackcab]

Parc Origin Thonglor

 

 

 

[blackcab]

I think the common fee/sinking fund in some condos will be rising substantially next year.

[steven100]

Just returned from Thong Lor which experienced a fairly high earthquake tremor that was so intense the crane on the building site nearby was swaying some 4-5 minutes still after the quake.

Emergency services were dispatched to multiple High Rise condo's on Sukhumvit and Soi Thong Lor.

 

Thousands of people lined the streets and are still present as every building was evacuated. 

[steven100]

A building nearby experienced falling debris and many condo building have been cordoned off.  

[Nick Carter icp]

Are you saying that there was an Earthquake today in Bangkok ?

[steven100]

rescue services reported many people trapped in lifts following the tremor.  Lifts have a fail safe system that operates when an earthquake is happening.

[Photoguy21]

Just now, steven100 said:

rescue services reported many people trapped in lifts following the tremor.  Lifts have a fail safe system that operates when an earthquake is happening.

True but not a nice experience being stuck in a lift and not knowing what is going on.

[ChipButty]

There will be a few cracked swimming pools today, 

[Elkski]

I wonder why that building under construction collapsed?   So much less weight than finished and I thought the cement was the main structure?

 

I wonder how many buildings will be condemned?  And how did. cM fare being so much closer to the epicenter.  Or was it the liquifaction zone of BKK that made it worse.  I feel for those workers in the collapse. 

[blackcab]

Please continue the conversation in the official topic here:

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1356087-earthquake-rocks-bangkok-building-collapses-with-40-people-inside/