The earthquake epicenter was at a depth of 10 km near Monywa, Myanmar, information about damage or victims is not yet known.
The strong earthquake with magnitude 7.7 hit the middle part of Myanmar on Friday. The shocks were also felt in China and Thailand; In Bangkok’s metropolis, buildings were shaking and residents ran to the streets, TASR reports according to AP and AFP. The shocks affected the northern and central parts of Thailand.
USGS Geology Institute and the German Geovy GFZ center said that the earthquake occurred according to preliminary reports at a depth of ten kilometers with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, about 50 kilometers east of Monywa.
The wider area of Bangkok is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high -rise flats, AP recalls. In the meantime, the Thai government has stated that it will call an extraordinary session in connection with the earthquake, writes AFP.
Information on damage or victims or injured was not immediately reported from Thailand or Myanmar, which is located in the middle of the civil war, AP adds. The shocks were also felt in the province of Yün-Nan in the southwest of China, the CENC seismological center in Beijing said.
