Our building just shook pretty good. Either a small quake or we're about to go down in a sink hole.

weird.. I was awake but didn't feel a thing.

weird.. I was awake but didn't feel a thing.

I'm checking all the quake maps and don't see anything either.

When you're wishing it was a quake, you know you're in a bad spot. I don't want to think about the alternative of the soil under our building weakening or even the building itself.

06.05 my chair shook and my nearest Book case vibrated.

So small quake in my book.

john

A 4.7 on the Richter and quite close to Chiang Mai:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g4i5#summary

Guess that explains why my cats went crazy and woke me up between 5:30-6:00.

A 4.7 on the Richter and quite close to Chiang Mai:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g4i5#summary

Whew. I was really worried about our building. Thanks for finding that.

You see stories where sinkholes open up and swallow homes. The thought of that spooks me to my core.

Thought it was my dog (who sleeps next to the bed) scratching again!

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06.05 my chair shook and my nearest Book case vibrated.

So small quake in my book.

john

Do you know which book it was in?.

Interesting. In Burma, and right opposite Chiang Mai.

Interesting. In Burma, and right opposite Chiang Mai.

Opposite Burma to the West or to the North.

Interesting. In Burma, and right opposite Chiang Mai.

Opposite Burma to the West or to the North.

http://earthquake.us...000g4i5#summary

open this, then go to Google Maps and you'll see that the epicentre was due West of CM.

Interesting. In Burma, and right opposite Chiang Mai.

Opposite Burma to the West or to the North.

http://earthquake.us...000g4i5#summary

open this, then go to Google Maps and you'll see that the epicentre was due West of CM.

You just told me thanks.

If Thailand has an earthquake of 5 or better, beware. The building practices here are quite crappy and most commercial as well as private buildings, WILL come down. There is nothing to prevent it in place from . I came frlm a place that 100 quakes per day, most like this little guy here but the bigger then number, the more damage done. A 6 will likely hurt Thailand badly, an 8 will erase it.......

I slept right through it all..... didn't feel / hear / notice a thing..

The earthquakes in the middle of the plates are quite dangerous an unpredicted

Jeezzzz, Xinloi, have you just arrived in CM?

I have been through about 5 major quakes here. You rememeber the tsunami quake, the Mae Rim quake? Fierce swaying on the 15 th floor with no damage. All high buildings have to follow the Thai quake standards.

Of course a lot of damage can be done by a 5 star quake. That is true for CM but also for every place in the world. If there would be a 8 Richter with epicenter in the middle of BKK at a depth of 500m; yes that would be a catastrophy for sure.

"A 6 will likely hurt Thailand badly, an 8 will erase it......": I just do not believe this.

I am from San Francisco. There have not been any major quakes here that I can remember, but a few have caused some damage not too far away.

weird.. I was awake but didn't feel a thing.

Maybe at that time the room spinning is normal........or whatever you were doing normally makes the earth move?