Two earthquakes with power of 7.0 on the Richter Scale, rocked Northern Thailand on Thursday, March 24, 2011 night. Tremor was reported felt in Bangkok, Myanmar and Hanoi. The quake's epicenter was near Chiang Rae, on the Thai border with Myanmar and Laos often called the Golden Triangle area. The hilly area known as one of the central fields of opium.
Residents who was in tall buildings are reported immediately evacuated to a safe place. However, so far no reports of damage or casualties due to earthquake vibrations.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) notes, the first earthquake occurred at 8:55 PM with epicenter 772 km north of Bangkok. The second earthquake occurred a few seconds later with the center at the same coordinates. The first quake's epicenter at a depth of 10 km, while the second quake at a depth of 225 km.
Residents who was in tall buildings are reported immediately evacuated to a safe place. However, so far no reports of damage or casualties due to earthquake vibrations.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) notes, the first earthquake occurred at 8:55 PM with epicenter 772 km north of Bangkok. The second earthquake occurred a few seconds later with the center at the same coordinates. The first quake's epicenter at a depth of 10 km, while the second quake at a depth of 225 km.
Initially USGS, 2 this earthquake with magnitude 7.0. However, shortly thereafter, the strength of the quake corrected to 6.8 and recorded only one earthquake. Soon after the quake, aftershocks with the same center, with magnitude 4.8 at 8:23 PM.
