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Earthquake hits Islamabad, surrounding areas

Tremors of an earthquake were felt across Islamabad and its surrounding areas, with a magnitude of 4.8 recorded by the Seismological Centre.

The earthquake struck at a depth of 17 kilometres underground, sending shockwaves through the capital city as well as Rawalpindi.

According to the Seismological Centre, the epicentre of the earthquake was located 8 kilometres southeast of Rawalpindi. The tremors also affected several other cities, including Peshawar, Murree, and Jhelum, causing widespread panic.

As a result, residents in various regions rushed out of their homes in fear, although there were no immediate reports of significant damage or casualties.


 
Earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the scale jolted Swat and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the wee hours of Friday.

People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting verses from the Holy Quran. No loss of life and property was reported from any part of Swat.

The tremors were also felt in Shangla and Malakand areas.

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located near Swat at the depth of 21 kilometres.


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Powerful quake strikes Nepal, tremors felt near capital

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Nepal near Kathmandu on Friday, according to the country’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.

The earthquake struck around Bhairab Kunda of the Sindhupalchok District in Nepal.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences placed the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.6, and the depth at 10 km (6.21 miles).

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake.

"It shook us from our sleep strongly," Ganesh Nepali, a senior official of Sindhupalchok district, told Reuters.

"We rushed out of home. People have now returned back to homes. We have not received any report of damage or injuries so far."


 
4.1-magnitude earthquake shakes Swat, nearby areas

Swat and its surrounding regions experienced earthquake tremors on Tuesday.

According to the earthquake monitoring center in Islamabad, the quake had a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale.

The tremors originated from the Hindukush mountain range and struck at a depth of 204 kilometers, which helped minimize its impact on the surface.

No immediate reports of casualties or damage have been received. However, the tremors were strong enough to create fear among the local population.


 
Earthquake jolts Balochistan's Zhob, surrounding areas

Earthquake tremors were felt in Zhob district of Balochistan and its adjoining areas on Saturday, triggering panic among residents.

According to the Seismological Center, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 10 kilometers. Its epicenter was located 135 kilometers southeast of Zhob.

As the tremors struck, people rushed out of their homes and offices in fear. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property.

Authorities have urged citizens to remain cautious and follow safety protocols in case of aftershocks.


 
Huge 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar sparks panic in Bangkok 800 miles away as dozens trapped after tower collapses

Footage shared online showed builders fleeing the collapsing skyscraper in Thailand.

The number of casualties remains unclear but 43 people were trapped inside, according to police.

A senior police officer said he heard people calling for help as he arrived to inspect the site.

The earthquake hit in Myanmar, to the north-west of Thailand, at around 6.20 UK time, which is early afternoon local time.

The earthquake's epicentre was ten miles northwest of the Burmese city of Sagaing, near Mandalay.

A second earthquake - smaller but still large - of 6.4 on the Richter scale took place a few minutes after the first.

A powerful earthquake, estimated between 6.9 and 7.7 magnitude, struck central Myanmar near Monywa.

Bangkok is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.

The USGS said that buildings in Myanmar and Thailand are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. The agency said: "The population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though resistant structures exist.

"The predominant vulnerable building types are informal (metal, timber, GI etc.) and unreinforced brick masonry construction."

The region suffers fairly regular earthquakes as it is close to seismic fault lines, but this is the strongest to hit for decades. Nearly all earthquakes felt in Thailand take place in Myanmar.

Elsewhere in Bangkok, the earthquake was forceful enough to send water sloshing out of pools, some high up in high-rises, as the tremor shook.

One resident said she was "very nervous" and "very panicked".

She added: "In my apartment I just see some cracking on the walls and water splashed out of swimming pools and people just yelling.”

Fraser Morton, a tourist from Scotland, who was in a shopping centre when the earthquake took place, said the event sparked "lots of chaos".

"All of a sudden the whole building began to move, immediately there was screaming and a lot of panic," he said.

"I just started walking calmly at first but then the building started really moving, yeah, a lot of screaming, a lot of panic, people running the wrong way down the escalators, lots of banging and crashing inside the mall."

He sought refuge in Benjasiri Park, away from the tall buildings."I got outside and then looked up at the building and the whole building was moving, dust and debris, it was pretty intense," he said.

Alarms went off in buildings as the earthquake hit around 1.30pm local time, and startled residents were evacuated down staircases of high-rise buildings and hotels in densely populated central Bangkok.

They remained in the streets, seeking shade from the midday sun in the minutes after the quake.

The quake was forceful enough to send water sloshing out of pools, some high up in high-rises, as the tremor shook.

The extent of the damage was less clear in Myanmar, where the government has not commented yet.

Footage shared online shows the the Ava Bridge, a large suspension bridge built in 1934, collapsing. Mandalay international airport also appears to be closed.

In the capital Naypyitaw, the earthquake damaged religious shrines, sending parts toppling to the ground, and some homes.

There were no immediate reports of the effect of the earthquake in Myanmar, which is in the middle of a civil war.

Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention said the earthquake was felt in almost all regions of the country. The Prime Minister is said to be holding an emergency meeting to coordinate the response to the earthquake.

SOURCE:https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/earthquake-myanmar-bangkok/
 
Scary scenes. Om Shanti for all those who lost their lives.
 

7.7 magnitude earthquake kills more than 150 in Thailand, Myanmar​


A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage. At least eight died in the Thai capital, where a high-rise under construction collapsed.

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The full extent of death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear — particularly in Myanmar, one of the world’s poorest countries. It is embroiled in a civil war, and information is tightly controlled.

“The death toll and injuries are expected to rise,” the head of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on television that at least 144 people were killed and 730 others were injured in his country.

In Thailand, Bangkok city authorities said 10 people were killed, 16 injured and 101 missing from three construction sites, including the high-rise.

The 7.7 magnitude quake struck at midday, with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar ’s second-largest city. Aftershocks followed, one of them measuring a strong 6.4 magnitude.

In Mandalay, the earthquake reportedly brought down multiple buildings, including one of the city’s largest monasteries. Photos from the capital city of Naypyidaw showed rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble of multiple buildings used to house civil servants.

Myanmar’s government said blood was in high demand in the hardest-hit areas. In a country where prior governments sometimes have been slow to accept foreign aid, Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar was ready to accept assistance. The United Nations allocated $5 million to start relief efforts.

But amid images of buckled and cracked roads and reports of a collapsed bridge and a burst dam, there were concerns about how rescuers would even reach some areas in a country already enduring a humanitarian crisis.

“We fear it may be weeks before we understand the full extent of destruction caused by this earthquake,” said Mohammed Riyas, the International Rescue Committee’s Myanmar director.

Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in Myanmar​

Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey, a government science agency, estimated that the death toll could top 1,000.

Myanmar’s English-language state newspaper, Global New Light of Myanmar, said five cities and towns had seen building collapses and two bridges had fallen, including one on a key highway between Mandalay. A photo on the newspaper’s website showed wreckage of a sign that read “EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT,” which the caption said was part of the capital’s main 1,000-bed hospital.

Elsewhere, video posted online showed robed monks in a Mandalay street, shooting their own video of the multistory Ma Soe Yane monastery before it suddenly fell into the ground. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was harmed. Video also showed damage to the former royal palace.

Christian Aid said its partners and colleagues on the ground reported that a dam burst in the city, causing water levels to rise in the lowland areas.

Residents of Yangon, the nation’s largest city, rushed out of their homes when the quake struck. In Naypyitaw, some homes stood partly crumbled, while rescuers heaved away bricks from the piles of debris. An injured man reclined on a wheeled stretcher, while another man fanned him in the heat.

In a country where many people already were struggling, “this disaster will have left people devastated,” said Julie Mehigan, who oversees Christian Aid’s work in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

“Even before this heartbreaking earthquake, we know conflict and displacement has left countless people in real need,” Mehigan said.

Myanmar’s military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, and is now involved in a bloody civil war with long-established militias and newly formed pro-democracy ones.

Government forces have lost control of much of Myanmar, and many places are incredibly dangerous or simply impossible for aid groups to reach. More than 3 million people have been displaced by the fighting and nearly 20 million are in need, according to the United Nations.

Bangkok building collapsed in a cloud of dust​

In Thailand, a 33-story building under construction crumpled into a cloud of dust near Bangkok’s popular Chatuchak market, and onlookers could be seen screaming and running in a video posted on social media. Vehicles on a nearby freeway came to a stop.

Sirens blared across the Thai capital’s downtown as a rescuers streamed to the wreckage. Above them, shredded steel and broken concrete blocks, some stacked like pancakes, rose in a towering heap. Injured people were rushed away on gurneys, and hospital beds were also wheeled outside onto a sidewalk.

“It’s a great tragedy,” Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said after viewing the site, adding that there was hope that there were still survivors.

The city’s elevated rapid transit system and subway shut down.

While the area is prone to earthquakes, they are usually not so powerful and rarely are felt in the Thai capital. The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.

Voranoot Thirawat, a lawyer working in central Bangkok, said her first indication that something was wrong came when she saw a light swinging back and forth. Then she heard the building creaking, and she and her colleagues fled down 12 flights of stairs.

“In my lifetime, there was no earthquake like this in Bangkok,” she said.

Fraser Morton, a tourist from Scotland, was in one of Bangkok’s many malls when the quake struck.

“All of a sudden, the whole building began to move. Immediately, there was screaming and a lot of panic,” he said. Some people fled down upward-moving escalators, he said.

Nearby, Paul Vincent, a tourist visiting from England, recalled seeing a high-rise building swaying, water falling from a rooftop pool and people crying in the streets.

The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the earthquake was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to preliminary reports. Shallower earthquakes tend to cause more damage.

Injuries reported in China​

To the northeast, the earthquake was felt in China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and caused damage and injuries in the city of Ruili on the border with Myanmar, according to Chinese media reports.

Videos that one outlet said were shot by a person in Ruili showed building debris littering a street and a person being wheeled in a stretcher toward an ambulance.

The shaking in Mangshi, a Chinese city about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Ruili, was so strong that people couldn’t stand, one resident told The Paper, an online media outlet.


Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/11102515/thailand-myanmar-earthquake/.
 
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

Moderate earthquake tremors measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, jolted Swat and adjoining areas on Sunday.

The authorities said that there was no immediate report of damage in the quake.

According to the National Seismological Centre, the tremors were recorded at a depth of 205 kilometres, with the epicenter located in the Hindukush Mountain range, a seismically active zone stretching across Afghanistan and northern areas of Pakistan.

The tremors were felt in several parts of Swat region including Mingora and outskirts.


 
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