Anyone else feel the earthquake about an hour ago... I felt a small tremor...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... d=13211209
Earthquake in Burma
Earthquake in Burma
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
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I didn't notice anything. Maybe the movie was too loud. 
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My g/f felt the earth move.
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The BBC just reported an earthquake on the Burma and I think Laos border. could be felt as far away as Bangkok.
Sorry not exact only half listening
Sorry not exact only half listening
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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6.7 on the Richter scale, a quite powerful one. Centered in border area between Burma, Laos and northern Thailand around Chang Rai according to my info.
Nothing here in HooHin.
Nothing here in HooHin.
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I didn't feel anything...Bangkok Post reports residents in Ratchathewi Tower felt the quake, and gathered outside. I'm just down the road from there, but didn't feel anything.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2 ... land-north
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2 ... land-north
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25 March 2011 Last updated at 08:58 GMT Burma earthquake: More than 60 killed
A rising toll and damage across both sides of the Burma Thailand border has followed the quake More than 60 people have died in a magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Burma which struck near the Lao and Thai borders.
It happened at 1355 GMT on Thursday and was centred about 70 miles (110 km) from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, the US Geological Survey said.
It was felt 800km to the south in the Thai capital Bangkok, and in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
The quake was shallow, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). There are fears the casualties could be much higher.
State radio in Burma said that 65 people had been killed and 111 injured in the quake.
It said that 244 houses, 14 Buddhist monasteries and nine government buildings were damaged.
The town of Tachileik and surrounding villages in Burma's Shan state appear to have borne the brunt of the earthquake.
Cracks are visible in roads and rice fields have been wrecked by rising silt and water, reports say.
The state-controlled New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that 15 houses collapsed in the town of Tarlay.
Roads, bridges, hospitals and other buildings have been at least partly damaged.
"We are trying to reach the remote areas," one official said told AFP.
Patients in Chiang Rai, Thailand, were evacuated from a hospital following the earthquake "The military, police and local authorities are trying to find some people injured in those affected areas but the roads are still closed," he said.
The districts around Kengtung and Tachileik are hilly and remote but an active border trade is carried out between many scattered communities.
The BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok says Burma is ill prepared to deal with natural disasters.
Communication systems and infrastructure are poor and the military government tends to limit the flow of information.
It is likely to take some time before a clear picture of the the disaster emerges, our correspondent says.
Collapsing wall
On the Thai side of the border, paddy fields and temples from Chaengsaen to Mae Sai have been damaged.
In Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, scores of people have been injured and buildings affected.
"We are worried that the area might be hit with stronger quakes. There was another quake at 7am," said Somsri Meethong of the Mae Sai District office, referring to an aftershock.
"I had to run again like last night. What we have seen on TV about Japan added to our fear."
One woman in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, close to the epicentre, was killed when a wall collapsed.
In neighbouring Laos, little damage and no casualties have been reported.
The head of the disaster preparedness for the Red Cross there, Bountheun Menevilay, said the quake was felt strongly in the thinly populated border provinces of Luang Namtha and Bokeo.
Earlier reports suggested there had been two strong earthquakes moments apart in the same area, but the USGS later clarified that there had been just one quake.
Earlier this month, on 11 March, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck just north of this area, 225km (140 miles) southwest of Dali in Yunnan, southern China.
That was the same day as the huge 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami hit Japan; however, Japan is on a different tectonic plate
A rising toll and damage across both sides of the Burma Thailand border has followed the quake More than 60 people have died in a magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Burma which struck near the Lao and Thai borders.
It happened at 1355 GMT on Thursday and was centred about 70 miles (110 km) from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, the US Geological Survey said.
It was felt 800km to the south in the Thai capital Bangkok, and in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
The quake was shallow, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). There are fears the casualties could be much higher.
State radio in Burma said that 65 people had been killed and 111 injured in the quake.
It said that 244 houses, 14 Buddhist monasteries and nine government buildings were damaged.
The town of Tachileik and surrounding villages in Burma's Shan state appear to have borne the brunt of the earthquake.
Cracks are visible in roads and rice fields have been wrecked by rising silt and water, reports say.
The state-controlled New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that 15 houses collapsed in the town of Tarlay.
Roads, bridges, hospitals and other buildings have been at least partly damaged.
"We are trying to reach the remote areas," one official said told AFP.
Patients in Chiang Rai, Thailand, were evacuated from a hospital following the earthquake "The military, police and local authorities are trying to find some people injured in those affected areas but the roads are still closed," he said.
The districts around Kengtung and Tachileik are hilly and remote but an active border trade is carried out between many scattered communities.
The BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok says Burma is ill prepared to deal with natural disasters.
Communication systems and infrastructure are poor and the military government tends to limit the flow of information.
It is likely to take some time before a clear picture of the the disaster emerges, our correspondent says.
Collapsing wall
On the Thai side of the border, paddy fields and temples from Chaengsaen to Mae Sai have been damaged.
In Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, scores of people have been injured and buildings affected.
"We are worried that the area might be hit with stronger quakes. There was another quake at 7am," said Somsri Meethong of the Mae Sai District office, referring to an aftershock.
"I had to run again like last night. What we have seen on TV about Japan added to our fear."
One woman in Thailand's Chiang Rai province, close to the epicentre, was killed when a wall collapsed.
In neighbouring Laos, little damage and no casualties have been reported.
The head of the disaster preparedness for the Red Cross there, Bountheun Menevilay, said the quake was felt strongly in the thinly populated border provinces of Luang Namtha and Bokeo.
Earlier reports suggested there had been two strong earthquakes moments apart in the same area, but the USGS later clarified that there had been just one quake.
Earlier this month, on 11 March, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck just north of this area, 225km (140 miles) southwest of Dali in Yunnan, southern China.
That was the same day as the huge 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami hit Japan; however, Japan is on a different tectonic plate
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
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More than 60 people have died in a magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Burma which struck near the Lao and Thai borders. on BBC
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Any damages report in Hua Hin or in the area?
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Playboy
HH is about 1000kms away
HH is about 1000kms away
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
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Thank you Ricard. That is a good news.