kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Just had a nice earthquake here. It was over before I could get mother and father out of the house. Lasted about 30 seconds and was steady throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dindong Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Just beat me to it. We're still shakin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Still shaking every few minutes. Can't feel it but can hear my steel roof rattling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Man, I'm still shaking, but the house isn't anymore. Thats was much bigger than the one we had a couple of years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannachiangrai Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Enough of a shake to get the whole family out of the house. Neighbors were outside as well. City center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul888 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 About 30 seconds worth deep centre of town near Tops also so I am guessing this was a pretty wide spread quake. Didn't see any damage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbojumbo Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 About 30 seconds worth deep centre of town near Tops also so I am guessing this was a pretty wide spread quake. Didn't see any damage though. Maybe the Myans were right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Happened when we were building the house about 4 years ago. This one was stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 14 Kms out of town , and I felt like that rabbit caught in the headlights. No tables in my lounge to get under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motdaeng Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 look at this http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt11083001.php#details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Definitely the biggest earthquake I have experienced in Thailand. Thing on the refrigerator fell off. Could hear the house shaking. My bicycle tipped over. I would put this around magnetude 5 (richter). Awesome. I'm sure it was much stronger elsewhere. whew!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Definitely the biggest earthquake I have experienced in Thailand. Thing on the refrigerator fell off. Could hear the house shaking. My bicycle tipped over. I would put this around magnetude 5 (richter). Awesome. I'm sure it was much stronger elsewhere. whew!!! Just had a little aftershock, not as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 The earth just rolled again but only for about four seconds. Roof still rattling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) just got the aftershock. Still can feel the shaking. Friend said that USGS put this earthquake at Mag 7 - epicenter 89 km north of Chiang Rai. Edited March 24, 2011 by toybits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motdaeng Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 13:55:12 UTC Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 08:25:12 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location20.705°N, 99.949°EDepth10 km (6.2 miles)RegionMYANMARDistances89 km (55 miles) N of Chiang Rai, Thailand 168 km (104 miles) SSW of Yunjinghong, Yunnan, China 589 km (365 miles) NE of Rangoon, Myanmar 772 km (479 miles) N of BANGKOK, Thailand Location Uncertaintyhorizontal +/- 15.4 km (9.6 miles); depth +/- 5.8 km (3.6 miles)ParametersNST=109, Nph=109, Dmin=234.9 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=CSource USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)Event IDusc0002aes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijb Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Still shaking in Mae Chan. We ran out of the house during the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 My wife just called me. Shook a fair bit in Wiang Nuea. Our house got cracks in it last time we had a big shake. But everything seems to be okay. My wife and FiL will have a better look in the morning to see how the house faired. Everyone went outside when it started. Bit scary for my girls but all good. The SUV is now parked in the front yard just in case anything worse happens. Fortunately it was pretty deep and so by all account the epicenter was a fair distance from Chiang Rai. Wonder how Myanmar went directly above the epicenter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 The worst hit town would probably be Tachilek which I would put to be only around 20 km from the epicenter. I hope those people at Tachilek are alright.. My wife just called me. Shook a fair bit in Wiang Nuea. Our house got cracks in it last time we had a big shake. But everything seems to be okay. My wife and FiL will have a better look in the morning to see how the house faired. Everyone went outside when it started. Bit scary for my girls but all good. The SUV is now parked in the front yard just in case anything worse happens. Fortunately it was pretty deep and so by all account the epicenter was a fair distance from Chiang Rai. Wonder how Myanmar went directly above the epicenter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 News Clippings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 News Clippings Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluestu Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hey KD, didn't you say CR was due a quake soon while munching on your chicken and noodles in Thoeng the other week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hey KD, didn't you say CR was due a quake soon while munching on your chicken and noodles in Thoeng the other week? I believe I did. Sorry you couldn't attend the motorcycle ride this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Ongoing news on the quake my TV channel 6 TPBS Thai TV. They say 6.7 just north of Mai Sai. Hope everyone's property OK, glad we build ours with extra grade steel! My dogs all shaken up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hey KD, didn't you say CR was due a quake soon while munching on your chicken and noodles in Thoeng the other week? I believe I did. Sorry you couldn't attend the motorcycle ride this time. Yes, I do recall that conversation . So ..... when will my equilibrioception return ? ..... I'm a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) They were initially measured at 7.0 magnitude, but that was quickly lowered to 6.8.The U.S. Geological Survey says one quake was shallow, centred 10 kilometres below the surface of the earth, and the other struck at a depth of 230 kilometres, which is exceptionally deep http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/c0002aes/us/index.html Edited March 24, 2011 by Garry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Reports of one dead in Mae Sai due to a fallen wall. Hope it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Barlow Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Up here on the 2nd floor of my raised house, for both of them, there was a whole lot of shakin' goin' on. 2nd one wasn't much, but the first one kinda left me expecting it! Anyone hear about the volcano in Indonesia, reported just after the Japanese quake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raylo Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Much more severe than the one 4 or so years ago and of much longer duration. Was upstairs did not want to take a chance and go down. No aftershock here yet!!! Public announcement, unverified, second shock expected bewteen 1100 pm and 1 a.m (2300 - 0100 hours). request for all people in 2 storey houses to move down or out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Much more severe than the one 4 or so years ago and of much longer duration. Was upstairs did not want to take a chance and go down. No aftershock here yet!!! Public announcement, unverified, second shock expected bewteen 1100 pm and 1 a.m (2300 - 0100 hours). request for all people in 2 storey houses to move down or out. Sh_it, I was just about to put the Kids to bed. was thinking it was all over. !? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Much more severe than the one 4 or so years ago and of much longer duration. Was upstairs did not want to take a chance and go down. No aftershock here yet!!! Public announcement, unverified, second shock expected bewteen 1100 pm and 1 a.m (2300 - 0100 hours). request for all people in 2 storey houses to move down or out. Sh_it, I was just about to put the Kids to bed. was thinking it was all over. !? Not wishing to cause alarm, but worth being cautious regarding the kids in the coming hours, days and weeks. Lots of supposed after shocks off the Honshu coast, including a 7.0 quake they believed was the main event 2 days before the 9.0 quake hit on 11 March. Christchurch in N.Z. should also be a lesson to many about how these things work out. The destruction there happened months after the initial quake which was stronger and yet caused little damage by comparison. Fingers crossed that was the worst of it earlier this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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