Earthquake felt in Bangkok

Monday, May 12th, 2008 @ 16:48 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:
Thailand
Topics:
Disaster
Languages:
English

The Bangkok Bugle thought the Earth moved when a strong earthquake hit China and other parts of Asia, including Thailand.

2 comments

  • Andrew

    Further to my post yesterday The Nation newspaper here is reporting this morning that office towers in central Bangkok were evacuated and staff sent home yesterday afternoon. Vibrations were felt and recorded at several places in the Thai capital.

    # 2008-05-13 at 0:55 am
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  • Pingback: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » The Omen

    [...] Spencer, who’s in Beijing, said he wasn’t surprised to feel the earthquake -until he released how far away the epicenter of the quake was. Apparently the quake could be felt as far away as Bangkok. [...]

    # 2008-05-13 at 4:30 am

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