A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Thailand on Friday, one day after a tremor hit neighbouring Myanmar and killed at least 50 people. There are no reports of any injuries or damage as yet. On Thursday, a 6.8-magnitude tremor struck Myanmar, about 110 kilometres from the border with Thailand. It destroyed over 100 buildings and injured at least 40 people. Thursday’s tremor also caused some limited damage in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai. … www.euronews.net

Raw Tsunami Video Phuket Thailand 2004

Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing Day Tsunami Victims, families,those injured, and those otherwise affected. The terrible devastation and the aftermath of this catastrophe caught on tape. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the north-west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It killed 230000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, 170000 of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province alone. Sri Lanka and Thailand were severely impacted by the tsunami on …