Tat least three people lost their lives and about 80 are ignored In Thailand, when a skyscraper under construction it collapsed from the powerful 7.7 -magnitude earthquake at about 12:50 pm (local time) in Myanmar, 16 km northwest of the city of Shangag in the center of the country. At the same time, the military junta of Myanmar confirmed that Many people lost their lives and were injured.

“Many injured” are in hospitals in downtown Shangaging and struggling near the focus of the earthquake, as well as in the capital of Nai Pi Tau, “MRTV said. These hospitals need blood “therefore, blood donors are called upon to contact the respective donation hospitals immediately”.

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The powerful earthquake that shocked both Myanmar and Thailand was 10 kilometers deep, particularly superficial and was about 17 kilometers from the city of Mandaley with about 1.2 million inhabitants. The powerful earthquake was followed by a powerful 6.4 -magnitude aftershock just 12 minutes later. The earthquake was also felt in China, India and Laos.

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Chadchart Sittipunt warned For possible aftershocksBut he urged people to remain calm by saying that the situation is largely under control, Reuters said. There is enough the world that remains on the streets as the Earth continues to be shaken by the aftershocks.

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Authorities received 169 calls for damage to buildings in Bangkok.

The Bangkok urban rail systems have been temporarily closed, but are expected to resume the routes on Saturday, while airports are operating normally. At the same time, the Thai Stock Exchange suspended its operation.

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The moment of the collapse of the skyscraper

Plans that were widely shared on Thailand’s social media shows the frightening moment when the skyscraper under construction collapses in a Bangkok district.

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Rescue crews that have reached the spot are still trying to occupy the exact number of missing, and according to officials about 320 people were at the construction site in Chatuchak Park at the time of collapse.

At the same time, from the high -rise buildings of Bangkok video on social media show the waters of the pools pouring.

Fears for hundreds of dead in Myanmar

At the same time, a member of a rescue team -based rescue, Myanmar’s second largest city told the BBC that “the damage is huge”.

“The death toll is also quite high. This is all we can say right now because rescue efforts continue. “

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“The exact number of victims is not yet known, but it is at least hundreds,” he said.

Witnesses also describe to the BBC that the sound of emergency vehicles is constantly heard throughout the city.

In the capital of Myanmar, Naipidaou, roads have been destroyed by the earthquake, and ceilings have fallen, as a AFP journalist describes.

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By vibration, according to local media, The AVA flagship bridge also collapsed on the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar.

Also on social media images are circulating Outside the Shwe Bone Shein mosque in Mandalei who collapsed.

According to Reuters, the Red Cross has announced that buildings and public infrastructure have suffered great damage and collapsed from the earthquake and there is a great deal of concern about the condition of the dams.

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In an emergency state

The Thai prime minister declared Bangkok in an emergency.

The Myanmar junta also declared 6 areas of the country in emergency, while seeking international aid.

Its head Eu Ursula von der Laienne He said on Friday that the 27 countries are ready to provide help.

“” Skeric scenes from Myanmar and Thailand after the catastrophic earthquake. My thoughts are with their victims and their families, “wrote Ursula von der Laien in X.

“Europe’s Copernicus satellites are already helping the first correspondents. We are ready to provide more support, ”he added.

OR France He also said he was ready to provide support.

Shock eyewitnesses

Erik Honan was visiting a friend in Pataya, a seaside town of about 60 miles south of the capital of Thailand Bangkok, when he suddenly noticed that the glass of water on a table began to move.

“The building began to move in a circular way,” he told CNN and left the building immediately.

“We went down the stairs and met with many Thai who were wondering what was going on,” he said.

“I heard a sound while I was sleeping at home, I ran as far as I could outside the building with my pajamas,” said Nuangai, a resident of Chiang Mai, the second largest city of Thailand, a popular tourist destination known for his temples.

“We all ran out of the house when everything started trembling. I saw a five -storey building collapsing in front of my eyes. Everyone in my city has taken to the streets and no one dares to get into the buildings again, “another eyewitness told Reuters.

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Another eyewitness from Mandaley, Hetet Naing Oo, said that a tea -up where many people were collapsed. “We couldn’t get in,” he explained. “The situation is very bad.”

A third resident pointed out that a mosque in the city has suffered serious damage.

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Frequent earthquakes in Myanmar

The earthquakes are relatively frequent in Myanmar, where from 1956 there were six vibrations of more than 7 degrees near the Shangag rift running through the central part of the country from the north to the south.

In 2016, a 6.8 -magnitude earthquake had shaken the old capital Bagan in central Myanmar, killing 3 people and collapsing walls in temples in this tourist destination.

In November 2012, a 6.8 -magnitude earthquake also hit the central Myanmar, killing 26 people and injuring hundreds of others.

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Inadequate infrastructure, inadequate health services – mainly in the provincial areas – and the anarchic construction of urban centers have made the residents of Myanmar particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, according to experts.

Myanmar is one of Asia’s poorest nations and was already in turmoil after more four years of civil war triggered by a bloody and economically destructive military coup. The freedom of the internet has been largely reduced since a military junta took power with a coup in 2021, and it is not clear how ready the country is to respond to a major destruction of such a scale.