After Burma, quakes rocked Thailand too

Earthquakes that were felt in the North and Bangkok last Thursday actually occurred with epicentres in Thailand, but were mistaken, by both the public and initially by local seismologists, as taking place in Burma, or as aftershocks, a senior meteorological official said yesterday.

The quakes in Burma took place roughly one hour earlier, and the tremors felt widely in Thailand had epicentres within Thailand, said deputy Meteo-rology Department spokesman Adisorn Fungkhajorn.

The Nation