A powerful earthquake killed at least 144 people in Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, knocking down buildings and bridges and catching more than 80 workers in a scratos under construction in Bangkok.
The trembling of magnitude of 7.7 shaded to the northwest of the city of Sagaing in the center of Myanmar, and was followed minutes later by a replica of 6.4 magnitude.
The devastation of the earthquake caused a rare request for international aid of the Military Board isolated from Myanmar, which has lost stripes of territory to armed groups. A state of emergency was declared in the six worst affected regions.
At least 144 people in Myanmar died and 732 were injured by an important earthquake that hit the country on Friday, administered by the State MRTV He said in the telegram messaging application.
On the other side of the border in Thailand, three people were confirmed dead in the collapse of a skyscraper, with 81 more missing and believed trapped in the twisted metal and the rubble of the subsidizing building.
Myanmar seemed to have taken the worst part of the earthquake, with hundreds of victims flooding a hospital in the capital, Naypyidaw. The emergency department entrance had collapsed in a car, with doctors treating patients outside.
A hospital official introduced journalists, saying: “This is an area of mass victims.”
“I have not seen [something] So before. We are trying to handle the situation. I’m so exhausted now, “a doctor told AFP.
AFP The journalists saw the Chief of the Board MIN Aung Hlaing arrive at the hospital when the ruling army required foreign help.
“We want the international community to provide humanitarian aid as soon as possible,” said Board spokesman Zaw Min Tun AFP In the hospital.
The rare plea of the Board raises the possibility that the damage and the casualties can be on a large scale, with the medical system and the myanmar infrastructure devastated for four years of civil war.
The earthquake will further stretch the Ruling Army of Myanmar, who is fighting a civil war against an armed uprising. The Board declared an emergency state in multiple regions, but did not provide details or injuries.
“The State will consult the situation quickly and carry out rescue operations along with the help of humanitarian aid,” he said in the telegram messaging application.
The Red Cross said the roads, bridges and buildings had been damaged in Myanmar, and there were concerns about the state of large dams.
Mandalay is the former real capital of Myanmar and in the center of the Buddhist heart of the country.
Publications on social networks showed collapsed buildings and debris scattered throughout the streets of the city. Reuters He could not immediately verify the publications.
Rascacielos collapse
In Thailand, the Vice Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai told journalists that at least three workers had been killed, with 81 more trapped, after the collapse of a building under construction near the extensive Chatuchak market.
Rescuers were surveying the tangle of rubble and twisted metal for a safe way to look AFP The photographer said on the scene.
“I listened to people asking for help, saying ‘Help me’,” police officer, attached police officer of the Bang Sue. AFP.
“We estimate that hundreds of people are injured,” he said.
On the other side of Bangkok and the tourist destination of northern Chiang Mai, where the power, the residents rushed to leave, insecure of how to respond to the unusual earthquake.
“I quickly ran out of the store along with other customers,” said Sai, 76, who worked at a Minimart in Chiang Mai when the store began to tremble.
“This is the strongest tremor I’ve experienced in my life.”
Damaged buildings
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtran Shinawatra declared an emergency zone in Bangkok, where some Metro and Light Rail services were suspended, further growing the already notorious trafficking in the city.
The streets of the capital were full of travelers trying to walk home, or simply take refuge in the entrances of shopping centers and office buildings.
The city authorities said the parks would remain open during the night for those who cannot sleep at home.
The earthquake was felt throughout the region, with China, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India, all reports of reports.
India, France and the European Union offered to provide assistance.
A live transmission of Beijing’s news linked to the state showed around a dozen emergency workers in orange monkeys and helmets on a street full of masonry fallen in the city of Ruili, on the Chinese border with Myanmar.
A video posted in Douyin, the Chinese version of Tiktok, and geolocated by AFP He showed a water and rubble torrent in waterfall from the roof of a high -height block in Ruili when people fled through a street market underneath.
The earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong earthquakes of 7.0 magnitude or more beaten between 1930 and 1956 near the Sagaing failure, which runs from north to south through the center of the country, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS).
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the old capital of Bagan in downtown Myanmar killed three people in 2016, also knocking down needles and temples walls in the tourist destination.
Pakistan expresses solidarity with the victims of earthquakes
The Foreign Ministry expressed its pain for the devastating earthquake that has hit Myanmar, Thailand and neighboring countries.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy, and we are praying by all those affected, as well as the rapid recovery of the injured,” said the fo.
The FO applauded the brave emergency individuals and responders who worked diligently in the field to deliver rescue and help efforts, adding that their courage and commitment during this urgent time were really admirable.
The statement expressed solidarity with governments and communities affected during this challenging period.
