Quake shook Kanchanaburi

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PUBLISHED : 19 Nov 2023 at 07:19

Quake shook Kanchanaburi
The Google map from the website of the Earthquake Observation Division shows the location of the quake in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi on early Sunday morning.

KANCHANABURI: An earthquake happened in Sangkhla Buri district early Sunday morning and was felt in this western province.

Kanrawee Sitthicheewapak, director-general of the department, said that the 4.0-magnitude quake occurred at a depth of six kilometres in tambon Nong Lu at 3.07am.

The Earthquake Observation Division of the department reported that the quake resulted from the movement of the Three Pagodas Fault and it received reports of shaken one-storey houses in tambon Nong Lu.

Many people in Sangkhla Buri district reported via Facebook that the earthquake woke them up, their houses shook and they heard noises from their metal roofs.

Nataya Noomwatana, a local pork vendor, said that while her team was preparing their merchandise, she heard noises from the roof of her market and from the ground under her feet. The quake shocked vendors who then ran out of the market buildings.

Two previous quakes in Sangkhla Buri had happened on July 14, 2015, with a 4.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale and on Aug 20, 2015, with a 4.5 magnitude.