- Title: Bangkok skyscraper under construction collapses after earthquake strikes
- Date: 28th March 2025
- Summary: MURMANSK, RUSSIA (MARCH 27, 2025) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ENTERING ONE OF THE ROOM OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE "ARKHANGELSK", CREW MEMBER OF SUBMARINE SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "On the entire front line the strategic initiative is completely in the hands of The Russian Armed Forces. The Luhans
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- Keywords: COLLAPSE QUAKE SKYSCRAPER THAILAND
- Location: CHATUCHAK DISTRICT, BANGKOK, THAILAND
- City: CHATUCHAK DISTRICT, BANGKOK, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001234228032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: SLUG UPDATED TO 2342-MYANMAR-QUAKE/THAILAND-SKYSCRAPER-AFTERMATH
Dozens of people were reportedly trapped after a skyscraper under construction collapsed in Bangkok’s Chatuchak District on Friday (March 28) following a major earthquake.
The earthquake struck central Myanmar and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). It was followed by a powerful aftershock.
Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes.
One office tower in downtown Bangkok swayed from side to side for at least two minutes, with doors and windows creaking loudly, witnesses said. Hundreds of employees filed out via emergency stairs as some shocked and panicked workers froze. Loud shrieks could be heard as the building continued to move.
The epicentre was about 17.2 km from the city of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest, which has a population of about 1.5 million.
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