Residents of Thailand and Myanmar describe horror after an earthquake

People in Myanmar and Thailand talked about their shock and horror after a powerful earthquake at 7.7 magnet on Friday, tearing up buildings in two countries.

A resident in Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, told the BBC that Shakes was “quite intense” and lasted for about four minutes.

Speaking in front of the Newsday World Service BBC program, a person who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons described how he wakes up from sleeping to a building that trembled heavily.

“It lasted about three -four minutes,” he said the BBC, “I received messages from friends and realized that it was not only in Yangon but also in many places across the country.”

The holders who felt through Thailand, and to China, forced the 30-storey skyscraper to collapse in the Thai Bangkok capital, behind 43 workers under the rubble.

The residents ran out on the street as the buildings were shaken, and the water splashed from the roof pools.

Sirinya Nakuta said Reuters that she was in her apartment with her children when the earthquake struck: “It did not stop. I heard everything fall from above, like stones that hit us. I told our children that we could not stay here and we should leave here.”

The deputy chief of the police in the Bang Sue Upotat told the French AFP agency what could hear the sound of people shouting under the collapse of the Tower Block.

He said, “When I came to the site, I heard people seek help, saying” Help me.

As the scale of destruction appeared, Myanmar officials announced a “mass loss zone” in a general Nay Pyi Taw Hospital, where patients were lying on the genie on the street, intravenous drops hanging with improvised stands.

The military junta, which ruled Myanmar from his 2021 coup, appealed to the rare call for international assistance, announcing a state of emergency in six regions.

JUNT MIN AUN HULING chief was spotted on visiting Nay Pyi Taw Hospital. He asked for foreign assistance: “We want the international community to send humanitarian aid as soon as possible.”

Access to information in a military country is difficult. Using online is also limited. Communications lines are also decreasing because the BBC could not pass to help the agency on Earth.

In Bangkok, where subway and railway services were suspended, Zuzsanna vari-kovacs described the evacuation of the restaurant. She said, “I waited for the bill, and suddenly I started to feel that the earth was shaking. At first I thought it was only me, but then I saw everyone who was looking. We immediately ran out on the street.”

Punchoch’s debore checked her phone when her chair suddenly turned over. She said, “I was in my boy La-Z (chair), and suddenly she moved back and forth. Then he rolled over and I hit my head on the table.”

BBC journalist, who lives in Bangkok, said he had passed at least ten years as the country has survived such a powerful earthquake.

In Mandalai, the second largest city of Myanmar, images of social media showed destroyed buildings, including part of the historical royal palace. The 90-year-old bridge collapsed, and the sections of the main highway connecting Jangon with the city were torn.

The US Geological Service issued a “red warning”, warning that “high losses and great damage are likely”. The death toll remains unknown, but USGS is estimated to be in thousands.