The Ministry of Public Health has set up a field hospital, expecting 80 people to be trapped under the rubble of the Office of the Auditor General building.

an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Myanmar and affected Thailand, causing damage to many areas in Bangkok, including the State Audit Office building under construction in Chatuchak, which collapsed. Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin set up a war room at the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) together with the Permane

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3 hours later, what do we know? Earthquake in Myanmar-Thailand

William Yeak, a geophysicist at the US National Earthquake Information Center, said the magnitude 7.7 quake that struck Myanmar was similar in magnitude to the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck Turkey and Syria in 2013, killing more than 53,000 people. He described the event as a "high-impact event" because it struck a densely populated area, was a l

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