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24. March 2011 | 16:19

Massive earthquake strikes Thailand

SINGAPORE, March 24 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Thailand on Thursday, 69 miles north of Chiang Rai, the USGS reported. Witnesses said the tremors were felt as far away as the Vietnam capital of Hanoi where people were evacuated from tall buildings. (News Source: AlertNet - 14:32:36)

7.0 earthquake in Myanmar close to Thai border

UPDATE: 10:00 pm USGS has created a Google Maps reference with the epicentre marked by A: UPDATE 9:50 pm: According to Thai TV station MCOT, the earthquake was 56 km from Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province. 1 person dead in Mae Sai. They had video taken from someone in Chiang Rai and said it (News Source: Asian Correspondent - 14:43:40)

Massive earthquake strikes Thailand

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Thailand on Thursday, 69 miles north of Chiang Rai, the USGS reported. (News Source: Reuters - 14:33:45)

USGS: 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Myanmar region at 8:25 p.m. Thursday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The depth was recorded at 229 kilometers (142 miles) and the epicenter was 69 miles from Chiang Rai, Thailand. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on … (News Source: Market Watch - 14:46:35)

Massive quake strikes Thailand

Magnitude 6.9 earthquake sparks evacuations. 24 Mar 2011 10:42 AM (News Source: Business Spectator - 14:51:28)

Thai-ASEAN News Network

A 7.0 Richter earthquake hit Myanmar approximately a half an hour ago. Reports are indicating that tall buildings in Bangkok also felt the shake. The epicenter of the quake was merely approximately 111 kilometers of Thailand’s Chiang Rai province in the north. (News Source: Thailand Outlook Channel - 14:52:29)

Earthquake in far north area

An earthquake of 6.8 on the Richter scale has been reported in the area of northern Burma and southern China, with the epicentre about 200km from Chiang Rai, reports said. (News Source: Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news - 15:09:09)

Burma hit by revised 6.8 magnitude earthquake: USGS

Burma was hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake Thursday at 8.25 pm local time, according to a USGS revision. The quake struck near the border with Thailand and Laos, about 55 miles from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to… (News Source: New York Post - 14:47:29)

7-magnitude quake reported in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar, March 24 (UPI) — A 7-magnitude earthquake struck the reclusive Asian country of Myanmar Thursday, about 56 miles north of Chiang Rai, Thailand, the U.S. Geological Survey said. (News Source: UPI - 15:08:26)