NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.
The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing on Friday afternoon at a shallow depth, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit the same area minutes later. 'I heard it and I was sleeping in the house, I ran as far as I could in my pyjamas out of the building,' Duangjai, a resident of the popular northern Thailand tourist city Chiang Mai, told Agence France-Presse.
'I quickly rushed out of the shop along with other customers,' he said. 'This is the strongest tremor I've experienced in my life.'Buildings damaged The quake damaged buildings in Bangkok and forced the suspension of some metro and light rail services in the city. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday she had interrupted an official visit to the southern island of Phuket to hold an 'urgent meeting' after the quake, according to a post on X.
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