Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people - Talk about a 9/11 style collapse

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BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage. At least eight died in the Thai capital, where a high-rise under construction collapsed.

The 7.7 magnitude quake, with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar ‘s second largest city, struck at midday and was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock.

The full extent of death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear — particularly in Myanmar, one of the world’s poorest countries. It is embroiled in a civil war and information is tightly controlled.

 

[Foltest]

There will be way more than 150 dead.
The death toll will be in the ten of thousands at minimum.

 

[#FF0000]

There will be way more than 150 dead.
The death toll will be in the ten of thousands at minimum.

The USGS website estimates that it's likely close to ten thousand but I wouldn't be surprised if it exceeded that.

 

[Your Starter for 10]

I hope there's better footage, because a dilapidated unoccupied Myanmar building (that probably would've fallen anyway), and shaking the water out of an infinity pool are doing nothing for me.

Richter may give this earthquake a 7.7, but I give it a 2.3.

 

[Breadbassket]

A crane operator had a bad day.

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[mlanguishi]

A crane operator had a bad day.

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I saw that first actually and thought it was just some other non-involved thing. This is pretty nasty.

 

[Breadbassket]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

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Wypipo dont seezin dey urfkwake

 

[pacifist kaczynski]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

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They would’ve reacted the same way to a magic trick.

 

[Breadbassket]

New video from Chinatown in Bangkok shows people how masses of water spill out from rooftop pools in skyscraper hotels and injure people on the streets below.

Thousands of people are feared dead in the powerful earthquake that hit Thailand and Maynmar this morning.

 

[Hitman One]

A crane operator had a bad day.

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Is he OK?

 

[Clotso Coof]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

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Imagine being some Thai family down the hall. You grab your children and run out to evacuate, but suddenly the hallway is filled with screeching American niggers.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

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"Is this a Tsunami??"

Kangz. Literal Kangz.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

An African American Youtuber in Thailand recorded the 7.7 magnitude earthquake happening live.

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We gotta go loot muh nigguh!

 

[Grumpy_Mushroom]

masses of water spill out from rooftop pools in skyscraper hotels and injure people on the streets below.

It's pretty fucked that no matter how fast you run, a crushing wave of water will just spawn out of the sky and sweep you up in less than a second.

 

[CoolFool]

Those videos are sad. RIP.

 

[LaxerBRO]

New video from Chinatown in Bangkok shows people how masses of water spill out from rooftop pools in skyscraper hotels and injure people on the streets below.

Thousands of people are feared dead in the powerful earthquake that hit Thailand and Maynmar this morning.

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[get_ur_gamon]

While I know "nothing ever happens" this might be huge for the government's stability. The No 1 question will be "why the fuck did those buildings not meet earthquake safety standards?!" Heads will fucking roll after this mark my works. I can bet you that all those buildings were approved by corrupt officials looking to make some quick cash.

Whole families must have been obliterated.

 

[RodgerDodger]

It's pretty fucked that no matter how fast you run, a crushing wave of water will just spawn out of the sky and sweep you up in less than a second.

I mean it's Thailand. Crushing Waves of Water falling from the sky is what they call "Spring". But the water coming off the buildings is unusual.

Has there been a Tsunami Alert? a 7.7 on 2 coastal nations seems like a likely candidate.

 

[WonderWino]

A crane operator had a bad day.

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Holy shit. What an absolutely horrifying way to go. He must have been utterly terrified getting thrown out of the crane like that. Had to be the worst possible place you could be during an earthquake

That said, why do I get the feeling the usual idiots are going to reee all over twitter about how trump needs to immediately reverse his policy on foreign aid and give these countries a few billion in foreign aid. Not that the US shouldn't send over some clean bottled water, emergency supplies and medicines and maybe send over some equipment and specialists in search and rescue but not absurd amounts of foreign aid money. Limit it to what people in this situation actually need