Earthquake 8:15 Am In Chiang Mai

[pkspeaker]

felt it this morning and i'm on the 24th, I just felt a slight aftershock at 6.05pm

[eeeya]

just felt another one in Thonglo.. lights swinging on 24th floor condo

[eeeya]

yup... thonglor 24th floor, dizzying feeling and lights n curtains swinging

[kilvingtono]

Felt it here in Chiang Mai 5th floor by the river.

[khunphil]

Yep aftershock in Chiangmai. Around 6.10. Felt it near the river.

Swinging at 15th floor. Last 20 s I think,

[sjjmmi]

5.8

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

[harrry]

M5.8 - 29km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar2012-11-11 10:54:42 UTC

some aftershock.

[Nisa]

Myanmar Earthquake 2012: 6.8 Magnitude Quake Kills At Least 12

YANGON, Myanmar — A strong earthquake of magnitude-6.8 struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. http://www.huffingto..._n_2112920.html

Edited November 11, 2012 by Nisa

[Tywais]

Extremely dangerous and damaging earthquake in Myanmar – Up to 14 people killed so far – M6.0 aftershock

Update 12:42 UTC :

A local Myanmar news-source writes : Local media reported that the earthquake caused the deaths of at least 13 people, but an NGO spokesperson said that dozens of people are feared dead and injured.

Update 12:23 UTC :

State television MRTV said 100 homes, some government buildings and a primary school were damaged in Thabeikyin, a town known for gold mining not far from the epicenter (ER : Male is closer to the epicenter (5 km) – Distance from Thabeikyin to the epicenter : approx. 20 km).

It put the latest casualty toll from the quake at four dead, 53 injured and four missing, a death toll lower than independently compiled reports.

ER has to stress that Myanmar State media are far from reliable in disaster cases. Other reports we made earlier proved this.

Update 11:44 UTC :

Earthquake-report has written multiple articles about Myanmar earthquakes since our existence (approx. 2 years).

The last cruel one we have reported about was the deadly March 24, 2011 earthquake. Title :

Deadly earthquake in the border area of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos

Update 11:38 UTC :

- The aftershock which we described below was reported as a M5.8 by USGS BUT as a M6.2 by the Chinese authorities. We trust the Chinese authorities here as they have a lot of instruments installed at the border with Myanmar.

- Chinese authorities are an important source of information for earthquake-report.com. Times of censorship are over these days concerning earthquake data. Chinese seismological institutes are well organised and are reporting on the earthquakes minutes after they occur.

Update 11:04 UTC :

A very strong M6.0 aftershock occurred a few minutes ago in the earthquake area. This aftershock will certainly add more damage to the already seriously damaged area. As most of the people will stay outside for the coming days, we do not think that these aftershocks will add to the heavy injured and death toll.

More - Earthquake Report

[Tywais]

Powerful earthquake strikes Myanmar

A powerful earthquake has struck Myanmar, killing at least 13 people, injuring 40 and sparking panic in the central city of Mandalay.

The shallow 6.8-magnitude quake struck in a rural area 116 kilometres north of Mandalay and was followed by strong aftershocks, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday.

Four labourers flung into the Irrawaddy River from a partly-built bridge near the town of Shwebo, north of Mandalay and nearer to the epicentre of the quake, were among those believed to have died, according to a situation report from Save the Children.

The collapse of a monastery in the nearby village of Kyauk Myaung killed two people and one died in Mandalay, it said. A further six were killed in Sint Ku township, including two people who died when a gold mine collapsed.

'People everywhere are very worried that another earthquake might strike,' the aid organisation said.

Residents of Mandalay fled shaking buildings in terror, although no major damage was reported there.

'I ran from my bed carrying my daughter out to the street. There were many people in the road. Some were shouting and others felt dizzy,' said Mandalay resident San Yu Kyaw.

A government official in the capital Naypyidaw who asked not to be named could only confirm two deaths so far.

Another official from Burma's Relief and Resettlement Department said most of those injured were workers on construction sites, with 15 people taken to Shwebo and Kyauk Myaung hospitals.

'We have sent a team to Shwebo where the earthquake was centred to assist in relief works and providing food to the victims,' he said on condition of anonymity.

Save the Children, which has an office in Mandalay, said reports indicated that 25 were injured in the bridge collapse on the Irrawaddy, with 10 taken to hospital.

More here - Sky News

[hellodolly]

Here in Chiang Mai we felt another quake around 5 this afternoon. It was much smaller. I am on the 17th floor and the light only swung about 4 inches each way.

[Nisa]

Isn't Obama supposed to be visiting the country this week? Might help raise awareness in terms of humanitarian aid for the needy in this country.

[webfact]

update:

Bangkok high-rises, North shaken by major earthquake in Myanmar

The Nation

13 dead in Myanmar but no Thai casualties or damage reported

BANGKOK: -- A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar at 8.12am yesterday morning, shaking Thailand's North and rattling skyscrapers in the capital.

The 9.8-kilometre-deep earthquake was followed by two aftershocks, the first a 5.9 trembler at 8.30am, and the second a magnitude 6.1 quake at 5.54pm. The second aftershock was felt in Mae Hong Son, the National Disaster Warning Centre reported. With a depth of 10km, its epicentre was located in Myanmar, 442km from Mae Hong Son's Pang Mapha district.

During the initial earthquake, residents of high-rises in Bangkok reported feeling their buildings sway and made emergency phone calls, but no structural damage or casualties were reported. A news programme from the TV Channel 3 station in the Maleenond building in the Khlong Toei area cited remarks from witnesses in the tower of tremors. The quake was also felt along Ratchadaphisek Road in downtown Bangkok.

Lertsin Raksasakulwong, a senior official at the Mineral Resources Department, which provided the official quake figures, said the quake originated from the Sagaing Fault in Myanmar, which could affect the Mae Hong Son Fault, one of the 14 active faults in Thailand. In March 2011, a 6.8 quake on the Sagaing Fault could also be felt in Bangkok, which is 1,100km away.

The department is installing seismological instruments in Mae Hong Son to monitor the Mae Hong Son faultline, which he said is 200km long, covering Mae Hong Son and Tak. He said later that all the measurements of yesterday's quake were collected from instruments at the Meoi Fault, which stretches 250km from Tak, Kamphaeng Phet and Nakhon Sawan to Uthai Thani.

Prof Thanawat Jaruphongsakul, a seismologist at Chulalongkorn University, estimated the quake at 6.6, saying it originated from the Sagaing Fault, which spans Myanmar and Mae Hong Son province. Chiang Mai, located about 400km from the shock, also felt the quake.

He said the shallow depth of 10km would normally cause a type of crack called a transform fault, which resulted in the most damage nearest the epicentre. Yesterday's quake would likely trigger another one on the Sichuan Fault in China, which links to others in Laos and Vietnam, in a domino effect, he said.

Thanawat called on the public not to panic, because Thailand would not directly sustain heavy destruction from such a quake, as there were not many major faultlines stretching past Thailand. He said the lone death of a native in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district during a recent quake was the only fatality ever recorded in Thailand.

Pennueng Wanichchai, a scientist at the Asian Institute of Technology, said the Sagaing quake, which he estimated at 6.5-6.8, was rare - only one in 100 years could be as strong or as near as 7.0.

Officials reported no damage at two dams in Kanchanaburi province after the earthquake.

-- The Nation 2012-11-12

[Mosha]

GE shows about 4 large after shocks around the main quake.

[softgeorge]

Here in Chiang Mai we felt another quake around 5 this afternoon. It was much smaller. I am on the 17th floor and the light only swung about 4 inches each way.

That's two I missed in Chiangmai didn't feel a thing in Sansai.

[EarthAlien]

Same here,.. didnt notice a thing here in CNX,.. not like the one about 18 months ago which occurred about 8pm.

[DominAsia]

As I said to my wife - "did the earth move for you ?"

"No" she replied "but the wardrobe shook a little"

[coma]

I was still asleep and it was enough to shake me awake from my alcohol induced coma from the night before. Might start looking for somewhere to live a little closer to the ground. Only a matter of time before something bigger and nastier hits this town.

[Mosha]

I think location has more to do with feeling the effects. When Ranong was hit, the nearby Tesco never got a jolt. 15km further away, and people were running out of their houses.