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Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir induced earthquake. [3] 1988-11-06: Yunnan (Myanmar–China border) 7.6 & 7.2 V–VI - - M s . Some damage in Chiang Rai. Felt by people in tall buildings in Bangkok. [3] More than 700 killed in China. Two mainshocks separated by 13 minutes; MMI IX and X respectively. 1989-09-30
Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.
21 August 1979: A train collision at Taling Chan Junction caused 51 deaths and 138 injuries. 27 April 1980: Thai Airways Flight 231 stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok, killing 44 out of 53 passengers and crew. 16 November 1980: An explosion at a Royal Thai Army armoury in Dusit District, Bangkok, kills 29 ...
The earthquake was a recorded as having a maximum intensity of strong (MMI VI), shaking both northern Thailand and Myanmar in the evening. People in many northern provinces (including Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, and Lampang) sensed the quake. Windows, walls and roads as well as temples all suffered damage from the quake.
The 2011 Tarlay earthquake occurred on 24 March in Shan State, Myanmar. The earthquake measured Mw 6.8 and had an epicenter northwest of the border between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. It occurred in a region accommodating tectonic deformation brought by the collision between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates.
2011 Thailand floods. A United States Navy helicopter observes flooded areas in the outskirts of Bangkok. Severe flooding occurred during the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand. The flooding began at the end of July triggered by the landfall of Tropical Storm Nock-ten.
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, [8][9] was caused by a rupture along the fault between the ...
They were preceded by a pair of earthquakes in early June — a magnitude 3.4 on June 2 and a magnitude 2.8 on June 4 — as well as a magnitude 2.9 earthquake in the same area June 24.