Wat Ket quite a wobble. Locals all ran outside and more than a few concerned faces. Like a seasick sensation for me. No damage about and locals have resumed afternoon drinks, it must be a great consolation that if anything happens you get to come back:)

Hope everyone is ok closer to quake centre, high rise condo apartments, etc.

Wow about 10 km before Dio Sakett house was shaking

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=376447

5.8, 10km down, near Chiang Rai

Edited May 5, 201412 yr by naboo

No reports on USGS yet either: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B-22.593726063929296%2C-292.060546875%5D%2C%5B48.3416461723746%2C-209.35546874999997%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%7B%22plates%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%7B%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Afalse%2C%22help%22%3Afalse%7D%7D

6.0 South of Mae Lao, thailand

Hope everyone is ok closer to quake centre, high rise condo apartments, etc….Wasnt so bad where i am.

USGS says 6.0 Magnitude near Mae Lao, Thailand.
Location 19.703°N 99.683°E DEPTHS 7.4km
For those here, that would quite near the junction of Hwy 118 and Hwy 1, south of Chiang Rai.

And another link: http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2014-05-05-11-08-43-utc-6-0-7

No info here yet

http://earthquaketrack.com/p/thailand/chiang-mai/recent

I'm betting that was at least a 6 at the epicenter.

2014-05-05 11:08:48.2 19.74 N 99.62 E 6.5

6.5 at the location above. North of Chiang Mai, North of Road 118, close to Mai Suai and Dong Mada.

Edited May 5, 201412 yr by connda

USGS PRELIMINARY REPORT M6.0 - THAILAND Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.0 Date-Time

• 5 May 2014 11:08:43 UTC
• 5 May 2014 18:08:44 near epicenter
• 5 May 2014 21:08:43 standard time in your timezone

Location 19.703N 99.683E Depth 7 km Distances

• 9 km (5 mi) S of Mae Lao, Thailand
• 27 km (16 mi) SW of Chiang Rai, Thailand
• 39 km (24 mi) NW of Pa Daet, Thailand
• 52 km (32 mi) SSW of Mae Chan, Thailand
• 362 km (224 mi) WNW of Vientiane, Laos

I filled up with gas basically at the epicenter 1 hour before it hit. I am 30 k's away and it shook pretty good. Lot's of window rattle. Seemed to go on for quite a long time too. At least 5 after shocks.

You're all babies. Bit of a rattle of doors and cleaning up around the fish tank.

Then again nothing else noteworthy well happen today.

Earthquakes have different manifestation in different people.......Apparently an earthquake has the ability to have some supposed adults act like pouty spoiled brats. They may even hold their breath and stamp their feet and cause an earthquake.

Well pouty you got your way........ baby waby

Earthquakes have different manifestation in different people.......Apparently an earthquake has the ability to have some supposed adults act like pouty spoiled brats. They may even hold their breath and stamp their feet and cause an earthquake.

Well pouty you got your way........ baby waby

Sure woke up the local Nursery. 14 earthquake topics closed.

I hope no one was hurt. I worry about the quality of some of the buildings having lived where the Sichuan earthquake hit. There the cheaply built condo's collapsed like pancakes from a slightly larger quake, squashing thousands in the homes.

Also the same size quake just hit Tokyo as well so hope all is well there

Just a minute ago a new aftershock. I count 4 now.

Edited May 5, 201412 yr by Joop50

You're all babies. Bit of a rattle of doors and cleaning up around the fish tank.

Then again nothing else noteworthy well happen today.

I would challenge you to endure what I experienced on the 12th floor and say that, not possible of course but trust me, it beat anything Southern Calif threw at me.

You're all babies. Bit of a rattle of doors and cleaning up around the fish tank.

Then again nothing else noteworthy well happen today.

I would challenge you to endure what I experienced on the 12th floor and say that, not possible of course but trust me, it beat anything Southern Calif threw at me.

Not to mention, SC has better building regs.

Post #40 photos of damage. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723853-strong-60-magnitude-quake-rattles-northern-thailand-usgs/page-2#entry7779028

Yikes!...

When the earthquake hit, we were having dinner at Dukes, in the Promenada Mall. Most of the customers in the restaurant got under their tables. The restaurant glass doors shook so hard we thought they were going to break but no damage. Everyone in the mall was told to exit the mall and wait outside in case their were any after shocks. Nothing more happened so we all returned to Dukes for an outstanding dinner.

I'm in Melbourne for a few weeks and my wife called me and she was terrified for herself and our son.

I'm in Melbourne for a few weeks and my wife called me and she was terrified for herself and our son.

Tell her not to worry. Your pretty safe there. Melbourne is not that bad. Parts of Sydney (Redfern, Lakemba, Parramatta) are far worse.

Edited May 5, 201412 yr by mamborobert

I find it sad that one regular poster says we are all babies.We were fairly high up in a condo and it was shaking badly.Yes we were scared because we do not know if it will stop now or get much worse.Yes it was only 5.8 but it could have been much more than that,at the time we did not know .I hope everybody is safe and there are no injuries.

We don't really have any earthquakes where I'm from, so didn't first even realize it's an earthquake when my chair started jumping...

Anyway, should we generally worry about aftershocks? Would hate to wake up when my condo goes down.

My wife just emailed me this pics. Apparently out in Doi Saket where her friend lives.

We don't really have any earthquakes where I'm from, so didn't first even realize it's an earthquake when my chair started jumping...

Anyway, should we generally worry about aftershocks? Would hate to wake up when my condo goes down.

Condos are usually built to standards...they may take a few shortcuts but in general they are sound. 5 storey hotel and apartment blocks are another story.

ya that was interesting, best I've felt here.

Having living in both Tokyo and San Francisco, I'd est maybe a 5.2.

Probably epicentered in Burma.

Not a bad guess, usgs says M 6.0 epicentre 19.703°N 99.683°E (Northern Thailand) at a depth of around 5 miles

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000qack#summary

it was very strong up on the top floor of Panthip Paza. Lasted a long time. Many Thais panicked!!! you could hear the metal roll down doors closing in seconds after the shaking started! people were bailing out of the building very quickly.