Our pool is slopping about and the alarm went off.

Felt is all the way to BKK.. I am on 27th floor.. 

probably just an escaping burglar 

Don't worry, it was just your neighbour having a good time.

I am watching the earthquake news in Italy on CNN ...and felt something, I thought I was feeling dizzy/sick ...couldn't be an earthquake too??

 

28th floor. Building swaying a lot. More than the Boxer day earth quake in 2004.

Where were you?

 

There was definitely an earthquake near Chiang Mai.

 

One year ago.

 

http://earthquaketrack.com/th-02-chiang-mai/recent

 

 

Reports are coming in about a 7.0 earthquake in Myanmar at 17:34.

From USGS:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{"autoUpdate"%3A["autoUpdate"]%2C"basemap"%3A"grayscale"%2C"feed"%3A"1day_m25"%2C"listFormat"%3A"default"%2C"mapposition"%3A[[-2.0210651187669897%2C78.9697265625]%2C[30.183121842195515%2C130.9130859375]]%2C"overlays"%3A["plates"]%2C"restrictListToMap"%3A["restrictListToMap"]%2C"search"%3Anull%2C"sort"%3A"newest"%2C"timezone"%3A"utc"%2C"viewModes"%3A["list"%2C"map"]%2C"event"%3A"us10006gbf"}

US Earthquakcenter  28km west of Chauk Burma

M 6.8 - 25km W of Chauk, Burma

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ShakeMap

Time

2016-08-24 10:34:55 (UTC)

Location

20.919°N 94.579°E

Depth

84.1 km

Yes. On the 25th floor here in BKK. All lifts have been turned off in our office building and we have been instructed to leave by the fire escape stairs. Should be fun. 

Amazing considering the epicenter is 1300KM away from BKK..

5 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Amazing considering the epicenter is 1300KM away from BKK..

 

Yeah, and it took less than 10 min for the tremor to arrive in Bangkok.

 

same Fault Line as related to the tsunami, it seems to me

Earthquake of 6.8 magnitude strikes central Myanmar - USGS
August 24, 2016 5:54 pm

YANGON - An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake struck 143 km (88 miles) west of the city of Meiktila, the agency said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake was also felt in Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

- Reuters, The Nation

Just now, tifino said:

 

same Fault Line as related to the tsunami, it seems to me

 

No, it's the fault line that runs North/South, in Myanmar and then extends down through the Andaman and onwards, having said that, it is a component of the Ring of Fire. Three years ago(ish)  in CM was the worst I've felt here, 20th floor and seriously scary - the same fault line.

2 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

 

No, it's the fault line that runs North/South, in Myanmar and then extends down through the Andaman and onwards, having said that, it is a component of the Ring of Fire. Three years ago(ish)  in CM was the worst I've felt here, 20th floor and seriously scary - the same fault line.

 

Yup; the one three years ago moved a lot of stuff around in my glass cabinets up here in CM, that was quite a shaker.

Nothing in Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, and I have been sitting next to my pool for the last 3 hours

re

 

Our pool is slopping about and the alarm went off

 

i was lying on my bed and thought i was having a senior moment

then i saw my floor fan and a strap hanging from a backpack swinging

from side to side for about ten seconds

 

much lighter than the one in feb 14 !

 

which made me move out to a lower floor in the top north for a week

 

dave2

 

 

Jeez, Dave.  You take pictures of your hotel bills (and keep them)?

 

For the Thai readers among posters, cm108 has already started some limited reports.

 

Last time this happened they were pretty quick of the mark getting photos sent in direct from people in Burma and CR, some of the snaps of road damage and crevices or land displacement were unique and impressive.

 

http://www.cm108.com/bbb/topic/1169-1734-น-แผ่นดินไหวพม่า-ขนาด-70-สะเทือนถึงภาคเหนือ/

 

http://www.cm108.com/bbb/topic/1170-แผ่นดินไหว-70-ริกเตอร์ที่เมียนม่ากระทบถึงเชียงใหม่/

 

Little now now but probably well worth a look tomorrow for those interested.

 

 

 

In the news section here.

No need for multiple topics. This one