Fears for many dead are expressed in Myanmar after a 7.7 -magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale, which hit the country and neighboring Thailand today.
Many people were killed because of the strong earthquake that shocked Southeast Asia today. Morepassed Myanmar and Thailand, where buildings have collapsed.
The junta in Myanmar rarely appealed to the international community to provide assistance and declared a state of emergency in six provinces, Shangaging, Mandaley, the northern part of the state San, Naipidaou, Maguai and Bago, due to damage.
“The state will quickly evaluate the situation and conduct rescue operations alongside the provision of humanitarian aid,” Junta said in the Telegram.
The Menmar authorities have not announced a formal victim report and have been limited to many buildings in five cities and towns, the state media have collapsed.
Two bridges have collapsed and has suffered a large highway damage, the official newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar said on its website.
However, the fact that the military junta, which remains isolated from the international community after the 2021 coup, has sought help may mean that the earthquake has caused a large -scale disaster, foreign media estimate.
Junta leader Min Aung Hlating visited Naipidao hospital where many victims have been admitted.
Injured are located outside the Hospital’s Emergency Department due to the damage suffered by the building, with the entry of the emergencies completely collapsing.
A hospital worker ran behind reporters saying: “It’s an area with many victims.” “I have never seen anything similar again. We are trying to manage the situation, “he added.
“We want the international community to provide us with humanitarian aid as soon as possible,” said Zwu Minis Tun of the Junta spokesman.
At least three people were killed by a partial mosque in the city of Taungnu in Bago, Myanmar, while at least two more lost their lives and 20 have been trapped by a hotel collapse in Aung Ban.
The earthquake had a focal depth of 10 kilometers and its focus was about 17 kilometers from the city of Mandaley, with about 1.5 million inhabitants and 16 kilometers northwest of the city of Shangaging.
In the capital of Myanmar, Naipida, roads have been destroyed by the earthquake, and building ceilings have fallen, according to AFP reporters.
Video and images posted by Myanmar Now seem to have collapsed part of the market roof in the city.
The same media broadcast images from a collapsing clock tower, as well as part of the wall in Mandalei Palace.
In the meantime posts on social media that made Mandalei residents show collapsing buildings and debris on the streets.
An eyewitness from the city said: “We all ran out of the house when everything started trembling. I saw a five -storey building collapsing in front of my eyes. Everyone in my city has taken to the streets and no one dares to get into the buildings again. “
Another eyewitness from Mandaley, Communist Party Ning Oo, told Reuters that a Teo -Highway where many people were collapsing. “We couldn’t get in,” he explained. “The situation is very bad.”
A third resident pointed out that a mosque in the city has suffered serious damage.
Panic and in Thailand
In Thailand, at least three people have been killed in Bangkok, according to City Governor Chandhard Citipund, while dozens of workers were recovered from the wreckage of a 30 -storey building that collapsed.
The capital’s authorities have declared the area of destruction zone, noting that they should consider the affected areas, to evaluate damage as well as help people who may remain in danger.
Authorities have received nearly 170 calls for damage to Bangkok buildings, said Citipund, who warned of the possibility of aftershocks, calling on citizens to maintain their temper.
Chinese agency Xinhua reported that the seismic vibration was felt in the southwestern Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar, but there are no reports of victims.
Source: KYPE