Thai Prime Minister Paithongtarn Shinawatra on Friday declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, after the city was hit by a powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar.

Thai authorities reported damage to buildings across Bangkok following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

Thai police reported that a 30-story under construction building in Bangkok had collapsed, trapping 43 workers under the rubble.

Two violent earthquakes rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, causing buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok to sway and prompting evacuations across the city, as well as in neighbouring Myanmar.
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