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Well, in neighboring Thailand, meanwhile, the quake was spelt in the greater Bangkok area
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where it left 10 people dead. Our correspondence in the Thai capital, Matt Hunt, has the latest
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As we reached the end of the second day following the earthquake in Myanmar, here in Bangkok, the search and rescue efforts at the construction site where a skyscraper collapsed yesterday
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is still ongoing with up to 100 people said to be still trapped in the building
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And so, as of now, the search and the city, The death toll from the earthquake aftershock here in Bangkok has been confirmed to be 10 people
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eight of which were from that construction site. And now, in the meantime, the government is trying its best to get people to listen to understand
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that it is safe to go home. So overnight, the city was declared a disaster zone, and the governor of the city opened
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the city parks for 24 hours to allow people to come and rest, have water and access to toilet
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facilities in case they were trapped in the traffic jam that was lasting all night in gridlock in Bangkok or they were afraid to go home which is more common And that is because a lot of these structures around Bangkok have formed cracks in the walls
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And Thai people and other people who are visiting or just living here generally would not
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think that an earthquake would happen here. And so these such issues have caused people to fear going back to buildings where they've been
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told by the prime minister. She has come out and said already that it is safe to go home
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that every building that is not under construction is safe to return to, and the government has also set up a complaint system
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through which people can file complaints and have each individual cracked building inspected and then approved
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But even still, there's a lot of people who I've spoken to who are still afraid to go home
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And as of now, the sense of panic that was felt yesterday
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right after the earthquake is still lingering here a bit in time. Thailand, as people are also wondering if there will be future aftershocks from this incident
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It's quite unusual, so there's also a large knowledge gap in this situation
