BMA mulls checking pre-2007 structures
A major earthquake in Myanmar may damage buildings in Bangkok that were built before the nation’s building codes were revised in 2007 to make them more quake-resistant, according to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on Tuesday.
The warning came after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar’s southern coastal area on Monday morning. The quake, the epicentre of which was about 490 kilometres west of Bangkok, could be felt in many high-rise buildings across the…
