[HN Gopher] 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Southeast Asia, affect...
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       7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Southeast Asia, affecting Myanmar and
       Thailand
        
       Author : testrun
       Score  : 254 points
       Date   : 2025-03-28 09:32 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | keepamovin wrote:
       | That is big. Praying the people are okay and safe from Tsunamis.
       | The Netflix documentary about the Boxing Day 2004 disaster is
       | excellent.
        
         | jksflkjl3jk3 wrote:
         | The epicenter was in the center of Myanmar, far from the ocean,
         | so shouldn't be any risk of tsunamis. But starting to see some
         | pictures. The fatalities are going to be a lot higher than
         | being reported now.
        
           | keepamovin wrote:
           | That is very sad, at least there's no tsunamis to be thankful
           | for. It would be so scary to be inside a building collapsing.
           | Not the best way to go, and the rescue and rebuild is
           | difficult.
        
       | belter wrote:
       | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureI...
       | 
       | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureI...
        
       | bayesianbot wrote:
       | Felt it in Northern Thailand, I've lived through many earthquakes
       | around here but this was on completely different level - usually
       | I notice some open doors and hanging things shaking and can
       | slightly feel it, but today I felt worried if my house is going
       | to crash down and all my neighbors ran to the street. (our houses
       | are built on ~1m stilts to protect from floods)
       | 
       | Sadly didn't receive a notification from Android this time, last
       | time I got it about ten seconds before the shaking began.
        
         | t_mahmood wrote:
         | Google turned it off after the mishap in Brazil, iirc.
        
           | sofixa wrote:
           | The page is still up: https://crisisresponse.google/android-
           | alerts/
           | 
           | And according to some Googling, they had only disabled it in
           | Brazil while investigating why the false alarm happened.
        
           | Tostino wrote:
           | Looks like they only disabled it in Brazil [1].
           | 
           | 1. https://www.theverge.com/news/613572/google-earthquake-
           | detec...
        
             | cma wrote:
             | Did they ever follow up on the outcome of that
             | investigation and report on what caused the false
             | detection?
        
           | InDubioProRubio wrote:
           | Is that even slightly proportional? One wrong warning- vs 1
           | right..
        
         | kayxspre wrote:
         | I would at least expect a Cell Broadcast to be deployed (The
         | TelCo Authorities/Providers and Disaster Management Authority
         | has been testing it last year and expected to be deployed in Q2
         | 2025). According to the press conference, the system can be
         | activated, but it wasn't until 2:30 PM that the Disaster
         | Management Authority decided to ask the TelCo to send SMS (not
         | via Cell Broadcast). In my case, it wasn't until 7:40 PM that I
         | received guidance from the authority.
         | 
         | Some people are claiming that they received alerts from other
         | apps that target Thai people, such as gaming app, novel reading
         | app and call screening app. Even the SNS account of online
         | gambling site (illegal in Thailand) managed to provide guidance
         | faster than the government's own response. Red Tapes on
         | triggering the warning means no one was even sure what is going
         | on, and has to resort for self-reporting or SNS.
        
       | defrost wrote:
       | The video of a rooftop swimming pool waterfalling from a highrise
       | building is wild ( https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c20d0nxr2lmo
       | ).
       | 
       | Nothing compared to the high rise collapse though :/
        
       | Ayesh wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Sagaing_earthquake
       | 
       | I'm in Hanoi, also about 1,000km from the epicenter (similar to
       | Bangkok). Some people apparently felt tremors and building
       | fixtures shaking, but nothing as serious as the videos I saw in
       | Bangkok.
        
       | aaron695 wrote:
       | Given two buildings collapsing in the one video (in Mandalay)
       | napkin math maybe thousand+ dead in Myanmar -
       | https://x.com/cheguwera/status/1905541137504354763
        
       | redwood wrote:
       | Mega quake centered on a major city in a developing economy
       | state. Information is slow to come out because of the Junta no
       | doubt but the death toll is likely to be far far larger then
       | folks initially are reading.
       | 
       | So bizarre to see a lot more news coverage about places like
       | Bangkok when the epicenter was on a large city in another
       | country. But it's a reminder that information flows more slowly
       | out of these closed societies
        
         | jksflkjl3jk3 wrote:
         | Bangkok has many tall buildings, so it was probably felt a lot
         | more strongly here than other places closer to the epicenter. I
         | was on the 32nd floor and saw and heard large cracks forming in
         | the walls.. definitely a scary experience. They just let us
         | back into the building, but not sure I'll stay here for a few
         | days.
        
           | HiroProtagonist wrote:
           | I'm glad you are ok. Stay safe!
        
         | decimalenough wrote:
         | The quake was in northern Myanmar, so the major city (Yangon)
         | in the south was apparently not too badly affected.
         | 
         | Early reports indicate significant damage in Naypyidaw, the new
         | and thus not particularly large capital, and one spectacular
         | but isolated construction site collapse in Bangkok, Thailand,
         | quite far from the epicenter. I presume most of the damage will
         | be in country towns near the epicenter, but Myanmar is
         | dysfunctional at best of times and roiled by active civil war
         | right now, so it'll take time for information to filter out.
        
           | alephnerd wrote:
           | > the new and thus not particularly large capital
           | 
           | Naypyidaw (3rd largest city) has almost 1 million people now.
           | 
           | Furthermore, the epicenter was right outside Mandalay (2nd
           | largest city), which has a population of almost 2 million.
           | 
           | In addition, the epicenter is also smack dab in the Central
           | Lowlands, where much of Myanmar's population lives. Around
           | 7-10 million people must live within 200 miles of the
           | epicenter.
        
             | alephnerd wrote:
             | To add on (and not to pile on you), I know you were trying
             | to be sympathetic, but every death is a tragedy tbh.
             | 
             | Not your fault of course, but some tragedies are worth
             | giving a moment of silence for.
        
       | tonyhart7 wrote:
       | hope everyone is alright
        
       | ultimaweapon wrote:
       | I'm living in Thailand for almost 40 years and this is the first
       | time I have a nausea due to earthquake even it is very far from
       | its origin. I can't imagine how much catastrophe the Myanmar has
       | from this earthquake.
        
       | alephnerd wrote:
       | The tremors were felt all the way in Saigon and Delhi as well, so
       | this was a fairly massive earthquake.
       | 
       | Hope everyone affected at ground zero in Saigang can get the help
       | they need.
        
       | lordnacho wrote:
       | I was wondering about the collapsed building in Thailand that was
       | under construction.
       | 
       | Do civil engineers take precautions for under-construction
       | buildings? Do they minimize the risk somehow? I'm guessing
       | there's inevitably a window during which an earthquake would be
       | catastrophic, even if the end product is earthquake resistant.
        
         | jeffbee wrote:
         | It doesn't seem like the state of being under construction
         | would have been the problem. It's a reinforced, poured-in-place
         | concrete building. It should be as strong in that state as it
         | would ever have been. Suggests a design error.
        
         | lucianbr wrote:
         | It's not inevitable by any means. There's definitely a way to
         | build buildings so that at any point they are as resistant to
         | earthquakes as they will be at the end.
         | 
         | Actually I think it would take special effort to make it so
         | it's vulnerable during construction but safe at the end.
         | 
         | For example, do you think the foundation of the building is
         | somehow weaker during construction but gets stronger at the
         | end? How could that possibly work?
        
           | catherd wrote:
           | Concrete foundations get stronger as the concrete cures
           | (around a month).
           | 
           | Framing is much more resistant to collapse once you put
           | sheathing on it, a roof, etc. Before that it is easier to
           | fall over.
           | 
           | A half built wood frame wall only supported at one end is
           | like a wet noodle if you don't put in some temporary braces.
        
           | treis wrote:
           | There's stuff like tuned mass dampers that reduce sway. The
           | top floors would not necessarily be completely attached
           | either. Can see them falling and taking out the lower levels
           | with them.
        
       | hotep99 wrote:
       | Incredibly sad. The people of Myanmar were already suffering a
       | terrible civil war.
        
       | v3ss0n wrote:
       | I am Myanmar and reporting from Bangkok.
       | 
       | I was upstairs, at third floor and was going down to have lunch
       | and it shook whole house. At first I thought I am having nausea
       | due to not having any food yet then thing starts to shake
       | violently almost knocked me off stairs . And glasses started to
       | rumble.
       | 
       | A construction in Pathunam collapsed.
       | 
       | Some house of friends of mine in Mandalay - Myanmar collapsed.
       | One girl managed to get out in time.
       | 
       | One construction in Mandalay collapsed - 2 died.
       | 
       | Historic Mandalay Palace wall and entrance collapsed .
       | 
       | Airport in naypyitaw collapsed, there are report of many airport
       | workers died.
       | 
       | Bridges collapsed, one of the longest standing historic bridges
       | of Myanmar - Sagaing Bridge collapsed.
       | 
       | One other bridge in Mandalay brings down two cars with it,
       | casualties unknown.
       | 
       | https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18bsATAEKS/
       | 
       | Many Junta gov buildings collapsed
       | 
       | https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BYV644DmY/
        
         | baq wrote:
         | shakemap:
         | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s...
         | 
         | Mandalay looks to be almost exactly in the center of the worst
         | of it...
        
           | JumpCrisscross wrote:
           | It also appears to have gone through the heart of Tatmadaw
           | territory [1].
           | 
           | [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E
           | 2%8...
        
             | v3ss0n wrote:
             | Yeah several Junta building destroyed including notorious
             | tataroo military Air field which is responsible for bombing
             | several hundred of innocent civilian's.
        
               | alephnerd wrote:
               | How is the state of the various other bridges beside
               | Saigang (eg. Chauk, Pakokku, Magway, Pyay, Tigyaing)?
               | 
               | Much of Saigang, Rakhine, and Kachin might be cut off
               | from the rest of Myanmar, dramatically affecting
               | logistics (though I think land logistics to Rakhine have
               | already largely ended before the earthquake)
               | 
               | Also, I hope your family hasn't been drastically
               | impacted.
        
               | v3ss0n wrote:
               | Thanks a lot! My family is fine in Yangon. Yangon didn't
               | got hit much. Bangkok got hit harder. Several bridges
               | collasped in Sagaing and Mandalay.
        
               | alephnerd wrote:
               | > Thanks a lot! My family is fine in Yangon. Yangon
               | didn't got hit much
               | 
               | Glad to hear! That is a massive silver lining!
        
           | brenainn wrote:
           | and PAGER: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/
           | us7000pn9s...
        
             | baq wrote:
             | > Estimated economic losses are 6-70% GDP of Burma.
             | 
             | 6-70% holy crap what a range.
        
               | simonebrunozzi wrote:
               | Probably meant 60-70%
        
               | baq wrote:
               | I hope not... I'd rather this was indeed 6-70 with a mode
               | much closer to 6 than 70
        
               | sph wrote:
               | 60-70% loss in GDP would mean the literal end of the
               | country, it's a ludicrously large figure no one could
               | ever rebuild from. This is a 7.7 earthquake; it probably
               | is 6-7% GBP which is still significant.
        
               | jeffbee wrote:
               | 60% loss can be recouped by 10 years of compounding 5%
               | growth.
        
               | lucianbr wrote:
               | That's assuming otherwise zero growth, or other nations
               | standing still or stuff like that.
               | 
               | Also, 10 years of constant 5% growth is a lot to ask for
               | in general. Maybe not impossible, but really hard. Now,
               | think that you need to have 5% growth in the first year
               | after the earthquake, in a devastated nation.
               | Infrastructure destroyed, people killed. Lots.
               | 
               | It sounds pretty near to impossible.
               | 
               | These numbers have some meaning you know. It's easy to
               | type "5% growth". Much, _much_ harder to actually achieve
               | it.
               | 
               | How is the dead part of the population being replaced in
               | this scenario? Who is achieving this growth if the
               | population is decimated?
        
               | jeffbee wrote:
               | I'm not sure about any of these questions, I am just
               | pointing out how wrong it is to suggest that a -60%
               | economic setback is historically fatal. The economy of
               | Myanmar increased 8-fold in the last 30 years.
        
               | quesera wrote:
               | Mathematically valid, but...
               | 
               | If Myanmar had a stable and reliably growing economy, the
               | world would be a different place.
               | 
               | Turning Myanmar into a country with a stable economy that
               | could grow at 5% annually would be worthy of a Nobel
               | Prize in economics.
               | 
               | Practically, recovery costs in the neighborhood of 60% of
               | Myanmar's GDP represents many decades of development. Or
               | enormous foreign aid from China. I'm not sure how
               | valuable Myanmar is to China though.
        
               | quickthrowman wrote:
               | It's only $40B, Myanmar is exceptionally poor. For
               | example, AAPL's net profit is higher than Myanmar's GDP.
               | 
               | I'm pretty sure China can dig around in their couch
               | cushions and help them out, the military junta is heavily
               | reliant on China already.
               | 
               | Probably the 'shadow GDP' of Myanmar from heroin and scam
               | call centers is higher than the official GDP, but that's
               | pure speculation on my part.
        
               | miohtama wrote:
               | Not Myarmar, but in Cambodia scams are soon or already
               | larger business than official GDP
               | 
               | https://thediplomat.com/2024/09/laos-and-cambodia-dont-
               | inclu...
        
               | Someone wrote:
               | I think they are making that prediction from nothing more
               | than their seismographs, the population density and GDP
               | at the affected locations.
               | 
               | If so, it isn't surprising there's a lot of uncertainty
               | in their estimates.
               | 
               | Also look at the histogram with of "Estimated
               | Fatalities". The highlighted bar is for _"10,000 to
               | 100,000"_
        
               | cbhl wrote:
               | It's worth noting that the scale of the graph above it
               | has a _logrithmic_ scale so I do think it is actually 6%
               | to 70%.
               | 
               | That page is estimating fatalities of 10k to 100k people
               | and economic losses of 10B to 100B USD.
               | 
               | (For context: Myanmar GDP is about 67B USD, according to
               | Wolfram Alpha.)
        
           | dendrite9 wrote:
           | That straight line in the map doesn't look like the maps for
           | any earthquakes I've felt. It looks like it was on the
           | Sagaing Fault which is a different type of fault from the
           | ones I've experienced.
           | 
           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagaing_Fault
        
             | baq wrote:
             | quoting from the 'Hazard' section:
             | 
             | > The length of fault running 260 km (160 mi) from 19.2degN
             | to 21.5degN, on the Meiktila segment, is designated a
             | seismic gap due to the absence of major earthquake ruptures
             | since at least 1897. At least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) of slip has
             | accumulated along the fault corresponding to a magnitude
             | 7.9 earthquake.
             | 
             | Science did pretty well here with the magnitude. Wonder how
             | much more research is needed to be able to predict an event
             | let's say a full minute before it happens...
        
             | dnawy wrote:
             | 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake has a ShakeMap similar to this
             | event [1]; We often think of the epicenter as a single
             | point in earth where the energy then radiates outward. In
             | reality, a fault is more similar to line [2]. The energy
             | radiates outward around the entire fault line.
             | 
             | (Note: since earthquake magnitude is correlated with the
             | amount of area moved, it is safe to assume that larger
             | earthquake will have larger fault rupture)
             | 
             | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkey%E2%80%93Syria
             | _eart... [2] https://earth-planets-
             | space.springeropen.com/articles/10.118...
        
               | SpicyUme wrote:
               | Interesting, the idea that a fault is a more of a line
               | source makes sense it is hard for me to think of a way to
               | have a single point source slip with enough energy. I
               | guess I've thought in subduction faults the depth of the
               | slip might explain why there is a point source. For
               | example in the Pacific Northwest the earthquake from the
               | Juan de Fuca plate look to be substantially deeper than
               | this one. (50km vs 10km) Of course I expect the depth
               | from today to be preliminary and be adjusted later, I can
               | see the extent of red region in the shakemap changed to
               | be longer from when I looked at it an hour or two ago.
               | 
               | Do you know if the line source model comes from having
               | more and better seismographs or has there been a change
               | in how people think about the motion of a fault in an
               | earthquake?
        
           | araes wrote:
           | That shakemap looks really suspicious, relative to the damage
           | being reported in Thailand, especially Bangkok. 600 miles
           | away (~1000 km) and the shakemap's reporting numbers like 3
           | to 4 on the intensity scale. When they reported the
           | skyscraper collapsing in Thailand, at first I thought it was
           | Chiang Mai near the border of Myanmar, not Bangkok 600 miles
           | away. For Americans, that's like the big one hits the Cali
           | fault, and skyscrapers are falling down in Salt Lake City or
           | Phoenix.
           | 
           | Wonder whether that's just automated simulation output,
           | rather than actual measurements from stations? Numbers 3 and
           | 4:
           | 
           | 3 - Felt noticeably indoors, especially in tops of buildings,
           | _yet many do not even notice_ there 's an earthquake.
           | 
           | 4 - Felt indoors by many, felt outside by few. Sensation like
           | heavy truck striking a building.
           | 
           | Bangkok's reporting sensations, crowd behavior, and events
           | more like a 6 to 7. Everybody runs, furniture moves, plaster
           | falls, considerable damage to poorly built (partially
           | finished) structures. A 3-4 is like, you barely notice, or
           | think a really heavy vehicle just crashed or something. Not,
           | everybody in town runs in panic, describes all the ceilings
           | collapsing, cracks in walls afterward. [1][2][3][4]
           | 
           | Expect there's probably going to be some re-evaluation of the
           | magnitude and scale of the earthquake based on what was
           | actually reported by observers, cameras, and damage
           | afterward. They're reporting slight damage and cracks even in
           | relatively well constructed buildings.
           | 
           | Edit: This story from ChannelNewsAsia in Singapore has camera
           | footage from somebody on the ground near the skyscraper
           | collapse. Visibly shaking the camera holder. [5]
           | 
           | [1] Intensity, Text Descriptions:
           | https://sciencefest.indiana.edu/wp-
           | content/uploads/2020/10/m...
           | 
           | [2] Semi-common Cone Chart with Energy Comparison:
           | https://basecampconnect.com/wp-
           | content/uploads/2022/01/eartq...
           | 
           | [3] Japanese Chart with Pictures: https://miro.medium.com/v2/
           | resize:fit:1400/1*Ca_yV0l_zkWiFtg...
           | 
           | [4] Another Picture Chart: https://d9-wret.s3.us-
           | west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/...
           | 
           | [5] ChannelNewsAsia,
           | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/massive-quake-kills-
           | nea...
        
             | baq wrote:
             | The geometry of the fault may have something to do with it,
             | maybe some constructive interference at play...?
        
             | dnawy wrote:
             | USGS Shakemap intensity is based on the peak ground
             | acceleration (PGA). It has been known that, in some cases,
             | PGA does not correlates well with structural damages. The
             | peak ground velocity (PGV) has better correlation with
             | structural damages [1].
             | 
             | Even so, they are only describing the peak values, it does
             | not describe the ground motion frequency or other ground
             | motion characteristic [4]. It is hard to compress a complex
             | phenomenon into single value.
             | 
             | My colleagues suspect that the soil condition in Bangkok
             | (soft soil and basin) and the distance from the epicenter
             | amplifies long period/low frequency content of earthquake
             | waves, making skycraper to be more vulnerable to damages.
             | Example of basin effect is 1985 Mexico City Earthquake [2]
             | and example of long period effect is the 2011 Tohoku EQ [3]
             | 
             | (Note: Magnitude value would probably be stable, they are
             | based on the energy released by the earth (Moment
             | Magnitude), Intensity is just the on-the-ground observation
             | of the earthquake and it can be subjective.) [1] https://ww
             | w.cwa.gov.tw/Data/service/hottopic/20191213_SC_New... ;
             | https://www.ncdr.nat.gov.tw/CEOCworkshop/cwb_2.pdf [2]
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake
             | [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_period_ground_motion
             | [4]
             | https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_5499.pdf
        
         | v3ss0n wrote:
         | Death toll in Mandalay 14 so far. A friend from Mandalay report
         | that aftershock are still going on ( 3 hr later) . Her house is
         | totally collapsed and she don't know where to stay. She managed
         | to get out just in time , only injury she had was kettle fall
         | on her legs.
        
         | v3ss0n wrote:
         | More videos from Mandalay
         | 
         | https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=96191531281452...
        
         | v3ss0n wrote:
         | Compilation https://youtu.be/197HVsjdsGU?si=jhbLyvY3GTDu-tQK
        
           | dockerd wrote:
           | Another compilation -
           | https://x.com/VertigoWarrior/status/1905613070636122443
        
         | v3ss0n wrote:
         | Death toll over 40 do far in Mandalay.
        
         | singularity2001 wrote:
         | distance from Mandalay to Bangkok: ~580 km
        
           | v3ss0n wrote:
           | Yeah quite strange that it effects here strong and looks like
           | death toll gonna high here too. Huge construction collapse,80
           | construction workers missing.. from the video.. not many will
           | survive and that's all happened in Bangkok
        
           | drclau wrote:
           | According to Google Maps "measure distance" tool it's ~630
           | miles, or ~1000 km. I am very surprised it was felt so
           | strongly at such a distance.
        
             | groby_b wrote:
             | Not surprising. A 7.7 is absolutely massive. (In terms of
             | energy, 10^23.35 erg. Or 5 megatons of TNT, if my math
             | works)
        
             | v3ss0n wrote:
             | Not just felt, death tolls too.
        
         | v3ss0n wrote:
         | Casualties rising so far Estimated to be thousands. People
         | trapped inside collapsed building and calling for help .
         | 
         | https://www.reddit.com/r/myanmar/s/IlrSbGtqfV
         | 
         | https://www.reddit.com/r/myanmar/s/SrpgBsfO8l
        
       | woutr_be wrote:
       | I'm in Bangkok right now, didn't even think about it being an
       | earthquake and thought my building was coming down. Sprinted out
       | of the building, watching our rooftop pool collapse and rain down
       | debris and water.
       | 
       | I think that's the most scared I've ever been, thinking that was
       | it for me.
        
         | koolba wrote:
         | > Sprinted out of the building, watching our rooftop pool
         | collapse and rain down debris and water.
         | 
         | Drowning multiple floors above sea level due to an earth quake.
         | That's insane!
        
       | themaninthedark wrote:
       | Video of building under construction collapse:
       | 
       | Close up: https://x.com/nongmeaw33/status/1905511502435791007
       | 
       | Distant: https://x.com/120119_/status/1905515797234991340
        
         | Towaway69 wrote:
         | Holy F2k. Hope nobody was seriously injured - as unlike as this
         | hope may be.
         | 
         | It's extremely surreal to be sitting in sun, half way around
         | the world, drinking coffee and watching these images.
         | 
         | It's amazing and frightening at the same time - the disconnect
         | between the folks affected by this disaster and me scrolling
         | around here at HN.
         | 
         | At the same, the immediacy of world events and the inability to
         | actual do anything about them.
         | 
         | For many this was their last day and may their rest in peace,
         | tomorrow could be ours. Once again nature shows us who is boss.
        
           | alephnerd wrote:
           | 81 construction workers trapped and 3 passed away [0].
           | 
           | Sadly, hundreds of similar incidents happened across the
           | border in Myanmar, as the epicenter is right outside of
           | Myanmar's 2nd largest city.
           | 
           | [0] - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0gr8gl0wo
        
           | s1artibartfast wrote:
           | >the inability to actual do anything about them
           | 
           | That is called trained helplessness. You could be on a flight
           | today if you want. You could be donating to relief in minutes
           | without leaving your computer chair.
        
             | Towaway69 wrote:
             | I can give money to an anonymous organization that might or
             | might not use that money to help the people on the ground.
             | 
             | But then I've scrolled on in HN (or wherever) and the next
             | disaster has happened - the same feeling of disconnect.
             | 
             | The immediacy of social media makes everyone my neighbour -
             | that's what I was trying to say.
        
               | s1artibartfast wrote:
               | I'm just saying that immediacy doesn't have be
               | accompanied with helplessness.
        
       | wiradikusuma wrote:
       | The earthquake seemed to be originated from Myanmar, but most
       | reporting from Thailand. Is it because they are affected less?
        
         | JumpCrisscross wrote:
         | > _but most reporting from Thailand_
         | 
         | Myanmar is on the border between a failed state and one in
         | civil war [1]. Put simply, we will probably never know the
         | fatality county because there is nobody who can reliably do the
         | counting.
         | 
         | [1]
         | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E2%8...
        
           | macintux wrote:
           | I was a little surprised to see the junta asking for outside
           | assistance. I assumed they would be reluctant to let people
           | in.
        
             | ta1243 wrote:
             | That's probably an indication of just how bad things are
        
         | AlecSchueler wrote:
         | Thailand is much more open in terms of media connections.
        
         | grotorea wrote:
         | I think Thailand is much more integrated to the West in all
         | sorts of ways. And Myanmar is deep into a civil war and that I
         | assume reduces greatly the number of foreign journalists,
         | foreigners in general, social media access, etc.
        
         | jhanschoo wrote:
         | Thailand is among the most developed states on continental SEA
         | and accordingly, it's telecomms and media.
        
         | dockerd wrote:
         | https://x.com/VertigoWarrior/status/1905613070636122443
        
       | andsoitis wrote:
       | More details from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-
       | pacific/strong-earthquake...
        
       | yubblegum wrote:
       | https://nitter.net/search?f=tweets&q=myanmar
        
       | animesh wrote:
       | One of the craziest things - water falling out of the high rise
       | building's roof top pool:
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1jlpma0/...
        
       | germandiago wrote:
       | I am living in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam and today around
       | one or so,a bit later, my wife was taking a nap and I was working
       | in the computer. The building started to shake, I live in a
       | tower.
       | 
       | I told my wife: it is an earthquake, did you notice? Look: I
       | pointed to the frame of a door so that she could hold herself
       | there to notice the shaking. Lean on it and do not move. She
       | said: no, it is you. I turn back: look at the hanging lamp. The
       | lamp was zig-zagging lol. Actually you can throw a nuclear bomb
       | when my wife is taking a nap and she would continue sleeping. She
       | is so insensitive for those things...
       | 
       | So when we went downstairs like 30 or 40 more people had also
       | left their homes. It could also be noticed from Hanoi.
       | 
       | Here people noticed it in district 3, 10, Thu Duc, Binh Thanh and
       | District 2 at least.
       | 
       | It was just replicas but hey, noticeable.
        
       | arminiusreturns wrote:
       | I wonder if yesterdays geomagnetic solar storm has any
       | correlation...
        
         | keepamovin wrote:
         | The largest coronal hole in years was streaming to Earth while
         | the earthquake occurred. Link up of coronal hole with Earth's
         | geomagnetic system is associated with earthquakes. The storm
         | was caused by charged particles from that stream.
        
       | verdverm wrote:
       | https://bsky.app/search?q=earthquake
        
       | pclmulqdq wrote:
       | It looks like the supply of hard drives is going to be a bit
       | precarious for a while.
        
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