Big earthquake hits Thailand.

@TheHorse (224821)
Walnut Creek, California
March 28, 2025 10:47am CST
I gather a big earthquake (magnitude 7.7) hit Thailand yesterday. More than 150 people are dead, and several hundred are injured. I'll attach a news report that has striking video of a building under construction in Bankok collapsing to the ground during or after the quake. I have been in several small (4.5 ish) quakes here in the Bay Area, but I still lived in Iowa when the 1989 World Series quake hit here. What natural disasters do you worry about the most where you live? We worry about "the big one" here, but drought and wildfires are more common here than large earthquakes. Edit: Now I am reading that tens of thousand may be dead in neighboring Myanmar.
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Kareng
@kareng (71357)
• United States
28 Mar
I had not heard about the quake yet. We had several visiting scientists at our lab from Thailand that I became good friends with. I hope they are okay.
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Kareng
@kareng (71357)
• United States
29 Mar
@TheHorse That would be a nice thing to do!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
@kareng It makes sense.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar
Maybe I'll get some Thai food from my friend's place this evening and ask her if her family is safe.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (72855)
• United States
28 Mar
Our biggest natural problem is the one we’re facing this weekend: severe weather. We had a quake here, centered in Illinois, on my birthday in 2008. It felt and sounded like a truck hit the side of the house. I heard about that earthquake, 7.7 centered in Myanmar, which is already in disarray because of political problems.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar
I know little about Myanmar. But one report referred to it as "war-torn."
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (72855)
• United States
28 Mar
@TheHorse — they had a coup a few years ago. Politically unstable.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar
@FourWalls At what point does a coup become a coup? A question many Americans are asking right now.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (113694)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Mar
I had heard a little bit about that earthquake. We worry mostly about tornadoes
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
That's what I remember worrying about during my Iowa days.
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar
I guess wildfires are what worry me most. Our house is on high ground so not too much fear of flooding (the main issue in this area).
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar
@TheHorse We get a reasonable amount of rain, but not all the time.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
@Fleura I am yet to visit the UK.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar
Understood. Also understood that heat rises. But don't you get a lot of rain there?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (349380)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
Someone else wrote about the quake. It certainly sounds really bad. I guess a bushfire would be my biggest worry but in the city we should be pretty safe.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
Yeah, I am not sure how well a bushfire would do in my suburban neighborhood.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (349380)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
@TheHorse Once a fire gets hold it's surprising how much power they have.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (185259)
• United States
29 Mar
I read about this. Tragic. Have been in 2 quakes that registered around 5.0. I don't care to experience any stronger than that!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
In California, we experience 4.2 'quakes fairly often.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (185259)
• United States
30 Mar
@TheHorse Have you ever been in a big one?
paigea
@paigea (35812)
• Canada
29 Mar
I guess tornado or Gass fire would be most likely in central Alberta. There have only been a couple of tornados where people were killed.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224821)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
I don't think of tornadoes when I think of Alberta.
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paigea
@paigea (35812)
• Canada
29 Mar
@TheHorse there are tornadoes every year it's probably 40 years since a very destructive one.