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6.4 quake hits Myanmar
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/11/2023
» Engineers and academics have warned that relevant agencies should put in place strict rules to ensure buildings are able to withstand future earthquakes after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck Myanmar and was felt in several areas of Thailand yesterday.
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SRT's project 'on track'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/11/2023
» The State Railway of Thailand is confident the 323.1-kilometre Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong double-track railway project will come into operation in 2028 as planned, with construction making good progress.
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High-rises 'wobble' as tremors strike
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/06/2023
» Tremors from a series of earthquakes centred on the southern coastal area of Myanmar were also felt in Bangkok and its surrounding areas yesterday morning.
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Architects act to safeguard against quakes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/02/2016
» The 7.8-magnitude Nepalese earthquake last year claimed more than 8,000 lives, injured 21,000 and left thousands more homeless. The 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan last week killed at least 94 people and injured hundreds while more than 40 remain missing. Many high-rises collapsed.
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New flats get green light from Din Daeng tenants
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/02/2016
» The government has secured an agreement with tenants of the Din Daeng flats to go ahead with a plan to replace the 60-year-old low-cost flats with new, earthquake-resistant structures.
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Din Daeng checks to take 4 months
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/09/2015
» Engineers have said it will take four months to inspect and evaluate flats in Din Daeng earmarked for demolition to make way for a new housing project.
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Nation 'must heed quake threat'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/05/2015
» Although the recent 7.9-magnitude quake that devastated Nepal stands little chance of taking place in Thailand, precautions still need to be taken, an academic has warned.
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A disaster waiting to happen, and what to do when it does
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/07/2014
» When the tsunami swept the south of Thailand on Boxing Day 2004, many people had no idea what had hit them. Few realised that the sea receding in such a dramatic fashion was going to produce an incoming wall of water that eventually claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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Quake-proofing more than just a precaution
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/05/2012
» In the crowded streets of Bangkok, tall buildings built on porous ground blot out the skyline, and an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, and Fukushima, Japan is a frightening thought, although a direct hit is not thought likely.
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