State of emergency declared in Bangkok after quake: Thai PM

Rescuers prepare a stretcher to transfer injured people at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok after an earthquake. Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP

Sinar Daily

| 28 Mar 2025 04:36 pm

Damage was reported to buildings across Bangkok after the 7.7-magnitude quake, including a 30-storey under-construction skyscraper that collapsed in the city's north.

BANGKOK - Thai authorities have declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday after the city was hit by a major earthquake centred in Myanmar.

Rescue teams are seen at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok after an earthquake. Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP

Damage was reported to buildings across Bangkok after the 7.7-magnitude quake, including a 30-storey under-construction skyscraper that collapsed in the city's north. - AFP

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State of emergency declared in Bangkok after quake: Thai PM

Damage was reported to buildings across Bangkok after the 7.7-magnitude quake, including a 30-storey under-construction skyscraper that collapsed in the city's north.

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