Early morning 4.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Sangkhla Buri district
Sangkhla Buri district witnessed an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude in the early hours of today. The tremors were felt across Kanchanaburi, a province in the west of Thailand. Kanrawee Sitthicheewapak, the director-general of the department, affirmed that the quake’s epicentre lay 6 kilometres beneath tambon Nong Lu and occurred at approximately 3.07am.
The department’s Earthquake Observation Division attributed the quake to the shifting of the Three Pagodas Fault. Reports flooded in recounting shaken one-storey residences in tambon Nong Lu. Numerous Sangkhla Buri residents took to Facebook to share their experiences of the quake, stating that the tremors not only roused them from sleep but also caused their homes to shake and their metal roofs to produce noise.
Local pork vendor, Nataya Noomwatana, recounted how the earthquake disrupted her and her team’s preparation of their merchandise. She described hearing sounds emanating from both the market’s roof and the ground beneath her. The unexpected quake led to a flurry of vendors fleeing the market buildings in fear, reported Bangkok Post.
This isn’t the first instance of seismic activity in Sangkhla Buri. The district encountered two previous earthquakes, both in 2015. The first, with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter Scale, occurred on July 14. This was followed by a slightly less intense 4.5 magnitude quake on August 20.
Two days ago, a significant earthquake of 6.4 magnitude jolted Myanmar at 8.37am, as confirmed by the Earthquake Observation Division of the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). The epicentre was noted to be around 100 kilometres in the northwest direction from the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the epicentre of this seismic event approximately 76 kilometres southwest of the Kengtung township, located in Shan State, Myanmar. The earthquake occurred at a depth of nine kilometres.
The main seismic event was followed by three aftershocks, each recorded at magnitudes of 4.1, 3.5, and 3.4 respectively. To read more click HERE
