The four of us Feai, Richard, Linda and I went out to eat in a Market near Richard's place. The others were just sitting down to start and I was waiting for my ommlettes to be cooked to order when the old shopping centre started to shake and the lights began to swing. Richard did not feel too good and suggested we move away but my ommlettes were almost ready.
Whoops here we go again the whole building is moving (I am back at my Hotel) !!!!!Everybody appears to be OK . Linda just talked to a New Zealander who said that most people who were hurt there were hit by falling buildings !
The Epicentre is north of Chaing Rai in Myanmar
I am signing off now cannot type as the keyboard keeps moving around the Desk.
Two Magnitude 7.0 Quakes Hit Northern Thailand
Published: Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 10:57 AM ET Text Size By: Reuters
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Two large quakes with a magnitude of 7.0 struck near north Thailand's border with Myanmar and Laos, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Witnesses said the tremors were felt in Bangkok, Myanmar and as far away as the Vietnam capital of Hanoi where people were evacuated from tall buildings.
The quakes struck seconds apart at 1355 GMT and were centered 69 miles (111 km) north of the Thai town of Chiang Rai.
The first one was very shallow, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), while the second one was deeper at 142.5 miles (230 km).
It is a sparsely populated, hilly area best known as the Golden Triangle, which is a traditional source of illicit opium.
There was no immediate word on any casualties or damage.
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