Earthquake 8:15 Am In Chiang Mai

[chunktal]

Felt it in Nonthaburi 10th floor. Bedroom door swaying back and forth slightly (thought it was the kids mucking about) then slight dizzy feeling.

Figured it out after that.

[wimpey1946]

My new owned dog since yesterday run away at this time, maybe has something to do with it, did nt see him back till now

if you see her near Hang Dong Chiang Mai mail me <<Email address removed as per forum rule, use PM function instead>>

middle high dog female color black/brown/grey

kind off snauzer

Edited November 11, 2012 by metisdead
13) Not to post email addresses in posts due to potential spam problems.

[ThaiPauly]

I live near Hang Dong and thats exactly how I felt...that it was me and not an earthquake

[kcore]

What are you all doing up at 8:30 on a Sunday?

[tangcoral]

I would imagine it would have been felt greater in CM than BKK, surprised it was felt strongly in BKK.

Wasnt the epicenter much closer to CM?

Edited November 11, 2012 by tangcoral

[IMA_FARANG]

The USGS earthquake site (United States Geological Service) has this quake as a 6.8 earthquake and it occured in Myanmar (Burma to you "old school' guys) at 8:12 Bangkok time, or 7:42 Myammar time (time zone is half hour different).

The UTC time of the quake was 1:42 .

P.S. Being that far from an earthquake you might often only feel it as a rolling motion, because the shorter sudden shock waves get mellowed out by distance and are made into a rolling motion.

Also Bangkok is basically on a old seafloor sand and clay basin, and such a basin tends to sway with an earthquake rather than give a quick jolt as a more solid rock base would.

IF there was such an earthquake nearby to Bangkok (within 100 Km?) much of the damage to Bangkok would be from what is known as "liquidification" in which the clay tends to seperate from the water it contains....and therefore the ground subsides unevenly.

Being in a 50 story condo building in Bangkok during such a close quake would NOT be a good thing....because those structures ar mostly not designed to "tllt" more than a few degrees off the vertical.

Fourtunately, so far that hasn't happened....yet.

Edited November 11, 2012 by IMA_FARANG

[BKKBrit]

In lower Sukhumvit on 13th floor it was strong enough to make the fish pond slop. Reckon the fish were a bit shaken and stirred. And a 45kg antique Burmese temple bell was swinging - that takes some effort. That didn't happen in the 2004 Sumatra quake. This was by far the strongest - yet thankfully - shortest earthquake I have felt living in BKK.

Edited November 11, 2012 by BKKBrit

[kutjebu]

Tsunami warning issued??

Are you joking?

[krisb]

Tsunami warning issued??

Are you joking?

no.

[khunphil]

Felt it shortly but strongly in Pai, as somebody was building something under the wooden bungalow. Nice way to wake up for breakfast !

[softgeorge]

felt for a full minute or more, here in Sansai noi, near RuamChoke....slow and rolling

I am in Sansai, Sansai Noi area and didn't feel a thing.

[softgeorge]

What are you all doing up at 8:30 on a Sunday?

God who is still in bed after 4.30 a.m on a Sunday, the wife has me up cleaning by then.

[jackr]

Tsunami warning issued??

Are you joking?

no.

It was in the middle of the country.

[chooka]

My building must be really solid. Never noticed a thing at Kad Suan Kaew area.

Nothing out in the Sansai area either. Best get down to the local and make sure my stool is upright.

Edited November 11, 2012 by chooka

[Northernirish]

Room quite heavily swayed this morning for 30 secs on the 15th floor of the Centara Hotel in Chiang Mai. My first earthquake experience. 90% thinking earthquake, 10% maybe too much Sangsom last night.

[Troll]

I felt the swaying last night to. I thougt it was because of the whiskey

[Lite Beer]

Earthquake Update:

Phuket Gazette –

A 1.2km long teak bridge, built in 1849 to cross a lake in Amarapura, Mandalay, near the site of this morning's big earthquake. The bridge still stands today.

PHUKET (Reuters): The major earthquake that shook Mandalay this morning, and was felt in Bangkok but apparently not Phuket, is likely to have caused limited damage to Myanmar's second larget city, although one person has been reported dead and several construction workers are missing.

The 6.6 magnitude quake struck around 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Mandalay, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was shallow, at around 10 km (6 miles) deep.

"I've never felt such a strong tremor. I also heard some loud noises and the lights went out. No idea about the damage," one Mandalay resident said by telephone.

Several very strong aftershocks also hit the region but there were no reports of serious damage in Mandalay.

An official at the Mandalay Meteorological Department said the epicentre was near the town of Shwebo and struck at 7:41am, which was the same time in Phuket.

Local media said a half-built bridge over the Irrawaddy River near Shwebo and Kyauk Myaung had collapsed and there may have been casualties.

A police officer in Shwebo said one woman had died and 10 people had been injured in Kyauk Myaung.

"A house collapsed in Kyauk Myaung. The Radana Thinga Bridge, still under construction, over the river was badly damaged. A huge steel beam fell into the river and five workers went missing," he told Reuters.

A resident of Singgu, opposite Kyauk Myaung on the east side of the Irrawaddy, said some people were injured in the town and a few were killed at the river bank but this could not be confirmed with official sources.

State television, the usual mouthpiece for government statements in Myanmar, along with state-run newspapers, gave a report on the quake that did not mention casualties or damage.

Local media reported minor damage in several areas around Mandalay, including Amarapura, a town popular with tourists because of its monasteries and the longest teak bridge in the world. Pagodas had been damaged there, media said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2012/Earthquake-Update-19409.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-11-11

[trainman34014]

Out on my Bike in the Boonies at 08.30 and felt nowt !

[watcharacters]

Felt a little wobble. House is still creaking.

you must have a wood framed HOUSE. Doubt bricks would creak. Glad to hear you are OK.

[Dazzletoad]

This should serve as a reminder for those idiotic enough to believe in a god that there isnt one. Nature is god in the sense of evolution and the wild destructive power of the planet.

If you get hit with a massive quake millions could die. I didn't feel anything by the way, but saying that, I was asleep.

[Morakot]

My wife said: "Darling, I feel the earth move!"

[watcharacters]

It wasn't my TGF I felt?

[watcharacters]

This should serve as a reminder for those idiotic enough to believe in a god that there isnt one. Nature is god in the sense of evolution and the wild destructive power of the planet.

If you get hit with a massive quake millions could die. I didn't feel anything by the way, but saying that, I was asleep.

Don't they just say it was God's will? 555

[wpcoe]

The USGS earthquake site (United States Geological Service) has this quake as a 6.8 earthquake and it occured in Myanmar (Burma to you "old school' guys) at 8:12 Bangkok time, or 7:42 Myammar time (time zone is half hour different).

The UTC time of the quake was 1:42 .

That does not compute.

Bangkok is UTC +7, Yangon is UTC +6.5, which would make UTC time of quake, 1:12, no?

[meatballs]

Was this felt in Pattaya? I never felt anything.

[NomadJoe]

Yeah, I'm on the 15th floor and was swaying back and forth a little. It feels very strange.

I like the little ones. They take away pressure from a pending big one.

There is no evidence of this. It could just as well add pressure to a pending big one.

[moe666]

My girlfriend said honey you number one, dam_n it was the earthquake.

[Crushdepth]

Another quake right *now*

[bidraipe]

Guys!.

Today is Nov. 11

History tell us that the no. 11 is a bad no. so be aware!

do some googling to find out more about the 11th.

[Digitalbanana]

Yes, we felt it as well about 6pm...smaller than this mornings tho!